lowlifers
Morally bankrupt individuals
Lowlifers is the plural of lowlife—people regarded as disreputable, criminal, or morally contemptible.
The term suggests someone who inhabits society's underbelly: petty criminals, addicts, swindlers.
The bar attracted lowlifers and drifters.
Often used dismissively to characterize people seen as having no standards or ambition.
Residue at bottom
- bottom-feedersCreatures eating debris below
- parasitesOrganisms feeding off hosts
- deadbeatsPeople who evade debts
- losersUnsuccessful competitors
nobodies · bums · drifters · slackers · moochers · freeloaders · spongers · layabouts
Vile, untrustworthy people
- sleazebagsContemptible, unethical people
- creepsUnsettling individuals
- slimeballsDespicable, untrustworthy people
- dirtbagsContemptible, worthless individuals
vermin · trash · pond scum · degenerates · reprobates · villains · cads · cheaters
Surface residue or lowlifes
- degeneratesWorsens over time
- thugsViolent criminals
- crooksCriminals or hooked staffs
- criminalsLawbreakers by act
delinquents · hoodlums · riffraff · miscreants · lawbreakers · felons · gangsters · mobsters
Morally ambiguous main characters
- villainsEvil characters in narratives
- henchmenLoyal subordinates to wrongdoers
- goonsHired intimidators
- thugsViolent criminals
gangsters · hardboiled · pulp fiction · crime drama · underworld · seedy · gritty · mean streets
dregs
Residue at bottom
- bottom-feedersCreatures eating debris below
- parasitesOrganisms feeding off hosts
- deadbeatsPeople who evade debts
losers · nobodies · bums · drifters · slackers · moochers · freeloaders · spongers · layabouts · good-for-nothings
scumbags
Vile, untrustworthy people
- sleazebagsContemptible, unethical people
- creepsUnsettling individuals
- slimeballsDespicable, untrustworthy people
dirtbags · vermin · trash · pond scum · degenerates · reprobates · villains · cads · cheaters · liars
scum
Surface residue or lowlifes
- degeneratesWorsens over time
- thugsViolent criminals
- crooksCriminals or hooked staffs
criminals · delinquents · hoodlums · riffraff · miscreants · lawbreakers · felons · gangsters · mobsters · hustlers
antiheroes
Morally ambiguous main characters
- villainsEvil characters in narratives
- henchmenLoyal subordinates to wrongdoers
- goonsHired intimidators
thugs · gangsters · hardboiled · pulp fiction · crime drama · underworld · seedy · gritty · mean streets · film noir
lowlifersgood people
Morally upright individuals
saints · do-gooders · straight arrows · humanitarians · philanthropists
lowliferspillars of the community
Respected, influential local figures
pillars of society · the elite · high society · dignitaries · luminaries
lowliferspublic servants
Government-employed workers
civic leaders · philanthropists · benefactors · volunteers · humanitarians