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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural lowlifes; also lowlives) Date: 1911 1. a person of low social status 2. a person of low moral character • low-life adjective

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see low life

Moby Thesaurus

Bowery bum, bastard, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blackguard, blighter, budmash, bum, bummer, caitiff, derelict, devil, drifter, drunkard, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, heel, hobo, human wreck, knave, mauvais sujet, mean wretch, miscreant, mucker, no-good, pauvre diable, pilgarlic, poor creature, poor devil, rascal, rogue, sad case, sad sack, scoundrel, skid-row bum, stiff, sundowner, swagman, tramp, truant, vag, vagabond, vagrant, vaurien, villain, wastrel, worm, worthless fellow, wretch