Reverse Dictionary: LOW

ADJECTIVES
► BAIST low, despicable → 1780 Sc. obs.
► BASE 1. low; of small height → 1393 arch.
2. occupying a low position; low-lying; of lower situation than neighbouring parts → c1440 obs.
3. low, below it’s usual height → 1525 obs.
► EATHLY of a person: low in station; mean in character → c1200 obs.
► FAUSTY ► FEISTY ► FICETY ► FISTY ► FYSTY angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome → 1890 Amer. dial.
► HANG-DOG low, degraded; having a base or sneaking appearance; villainous, bad → 1677
► HANGING-DOG low, degraded; having a base or sneaking appearance → 1667 obs.
► HASKARDLY vulgar, low, base → 1576 obs.
► LAIRLY ► LAYERLY idle, lazy; disagreeable; low, base → 1781 Eng. dial.
► LEWD belonging to the lower orders; common, low, vulgar, base → c1380 obs.
► LOWDOWN low, esp. socially or morally; degraded → colloq.
► LOWER THAN A SNAKE’S BELLY despicable; very low indeed → 1932 Aust. sl.
► LOWER THAT WHALE SHIT as low as you can get, usually said of a person’s character → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MARY ANN ► MARY ANNE vile; low; mean; ugly → 1872 Amer. dial.
► ORDINARY pert. to or characteristic of the common people; common, vulgar; unrefined, low, coarse → 1659 obs.
► PENNYROYAL low, small-minded → 1912 Amer. dial.
► POOR mentally or morally inferior; lacking in courage or spirit; low, mean, contemptible → 1425 obs.
► RAFF disreputable, vulgar, low → 1823
► RAFFISH disreputable, vulgar; worthless; low; of bad character → 1801
► RAFFLE-PACK low, disorderly, of loose habits → 19C Eng. dial.
► RAG-MANNERED rude, vulgar, coarse; of low, ill-bred behaviour; aggressively uncouth; very badly mannered → 1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SCOOTIE low, worthless in character; scruffy → 1882 Sc. 
► SCOUTIE-MALOURIE low, worthless in character; scruffy → 1969 Sc. 
► TINKERLY clumsy, bungling, unskilful; of poor quality; mean, low, disreputable → 1586
► UNDERLY subordinate; inferior, low → 1648
► VAGGY debased, low, of evil propensities → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
► BASELY in a low position, low down → c1500 obs.

NOUNS
► RAG-MANNERS low, ill-bred behaviour → 1731 obs.
► TAPINOPHOBY hatred or dread of everything that is ‘low’ in writing → 1772  obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABE an irritable or low woman → 1971 Boonville California jargon (Bk.)
► BAG a low and despicable person → 20C US sl.
► BEGGAR a term of contempt; a mean or low fellow → a1400
► BESOGNE a low, vulgar, worthless fellow → 1658 obs.
► BESOGNIER a low, vulgar, worthless fellow → 1588 obs.
► BESOGNIO ► BESONIO a term of contempt for a needy beggar; a base, worthless fellow, a low, vulgar person → a1625 obs.
► BESOM a term of reproach or contempt applied to a woman, esp. a woman of loose or slovenly habits; a low woman, a prostitute → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
► BEZONIAN a term of contempt: a needy beggar; a poor wretch; a base fellow; a mean, low person; a knave;  a rascal; a scoundrel → 1611 obs.
► BILDER a low person → 1873 Sc. obs.
► BILGE RAT a wretch; a lowlife → 1929 US nautical sl.
► BLADGE a low, coarse, vulgar woman → 1855 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOINARD a fool, a simpleton; a rogue, a rascal, a scoundrel, a low person; a term of reproach → a1300 obs.
► BUDZAT a low fellow; a blackguard → 1892 Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
► BULKER a low-lived person → 1690 sl. obs.
► BUNTER a low, vulgar woman → 1768 US
► CAB MOLL a low woman → 1895 Aust. criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► CAD a fellow of low vulgar manners and behaviour → 1838 colloq., offensive
► CADDESS a female of low vulgar manners and behaviour → 1870
► CAT a prostitute or immoral woman; a low woman → 1916 Amer. dial., chiefly African-American
► CAVEL ► CAVILL ► KAVEL ► KEVEL a low, mean fellow → 1706 Sc.
► CHEAPSKATE an unpleasant or despicable person; a low or contemptible person, usually male → 1896 US sl.
► CUR a term of contempt; a surly, ill-bred, low, or cowardly fellow → 1600
► DICK-SUCKER a low and despicable male → 2006 US sl., derogatory (Bk.)
► DIRTBAG a low, worthless person → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► DIRTY DOG a low and sneaky person → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GARLIC-EATER a low fellow, a coward → a1616
► GIMMER a mistress; a low woman → 1888 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► GUTTER-GRUB a person who delights in dirty work; a low person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAIRY APE a person of a low mental or social type → 1931
► HALKARD a person of low degree → 1888 obs. (Bk.)
► HALLAN-SHAKER a beggarly knave, a low fellow → 1508 Sc.
► HALLION a term of contempt; a low or scurvy fellow; a coarse, idle, worthless fellow; a blackguard; a contemptible person; a good-for-nothing idler; a rascal, a clown, a clumsy fellow → 1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. 
► HANG-DOG a low, mean, base fellow, fit only to be the hangman of curs → 1693
► HANGMAN a term of reproach; a low, disreputable character; a reprobate; a ruffian → 1553
► HARLOT a vagabond, a vagrant; a beggar, a rogue, a rascal, a villain, a low fellow, a knave → a1225 obs.
► HASKARD ► HASKERD ► HASTARD a man of low degree or social status; a base or vulgar fellow → c1487, derogatory, obs.
► HAVEL ► HAVELL ► HAWVELLE a term of abuse or contempt applied to a man; a low fellow → a1500 obs.
► JACKAL a low and devious person → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► JACK-COVE a mean, low fellow → 1859 sl.
► JAVEL a low or worthless fellow; a rascal, a vagabond; a wandering, dirty fellow; a tramp → a1300 obs.
► JURR a low or worthless woman → a1796 Sc.
► KEELIE a low or vulgar boy; a street-loafer or rough; a ruffian → 1863 Sc.
► LOREL a worthless person; a dissolute person; a low, disreputable fellow; a rogue, a scoundrel → 1362 obs.
► MACAROON a coarse, rude, low fellow → 1790 (Bk.)
► MAGGOT a loathsome or despicable person; a lowlife → 1680 sl.
► MONK a low or vulgar fellow → 1887 UK sl.
► MUDLARK an urchin of very low character → L19 colloq.
► NAUGHTY-PACK a person of low or worthless character → 1526 obs.
► NEETY-CUD a low fellow who commits mean actions → 1824 Sc.
► PACK a person of low or worthless character → 1725 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► PAGE a male person of the ‘lower orders’, or of low condition or manners; an inferior person; a term of contempt → a1300 obs.
► PAIK ► PAKE a low character; a deceptive fellow → 1825 Sc.
► PALLIARD ► PALLYARD a person of bad character; a low or dissolute knave; a scoundrel; a lewd or lecherous person; a debauched person → 1567 arch.
► PAWCHLE a frail old person; also, a person of low stature, rather silly → 1824 Sc.  
► PUNTAM a lively person, esp. a woman of low stature → Irish sl.
► RAAG an idle lounging person; a low, worthless person; a vagabond; a rake → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► RABSCALLION a low, worthless fellow; a wild, reckless person; a rascal; a knave; a rogue; a vagabond; a scamp; a ne’er-do-well → 1699 
► RAFF a low, disorderly person; a vulgar worthless person → 1785
► RAFFLE a low fellow; an idle vagabond → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAG a low, worthless person → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► RAGABASH ► RAGGABRASH an idle, worthless, or disreputable fellow; a low rascal; an idle vagabond; a scoundrel; a ragamuffin → 1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► RAGGELT a person of low character; a wicked and abandoned wretch →  (Bk.)1905 Eng. dial.
► RASCALLION a low, mean or worthless wretch or rascal; a rogue, a knave → 1649
► REEPAN a very lean person or animal; a low wretch → 1824 Sc.  obs.
► RIFF-RAFF a low, disreputable person; the rabble, the mob → 1836 Sc. & Eng. dial. & sl.
► ROUGH SCRUFF a low, coarse, rough, or disreputable person; a ruffian → 1814 orig. US
► SCAB a term of abuse; a mean, low scurvy fellow; an unpleasant or despicable man; a mean or contemptible person; a rascal, a scoundrel, a rogue → 1590 
► SCHEISSPOT a person of low character → L20 Cockneys’ sl.
► SHAG a low, rascally fellow → 1620
► SHAG-RAG a ragged, disreputable person; a low rascally fellow → L16 sl.
► SKATE a low, mean contemptible person; one who does not pay his debts; a reprobate → 1896 Amer. dial.
► SLEAZOID a person of low character → 1986 US sl.
► SLUMGULLION a low, worthless fellow → 19C Amer.
► SMAIK a low, mean, or contemptible fellow; a rascal, a rogue → 1513 Sc. arch.
► SNAPHANCE a woman of low character → a1625 obs.
► SPALPEEN a disagreeable, miserable, or contemptible person; a low, mean, or good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless person; a rogue, a rascal, a scamp → 1815 Irish
► SUCCUBUS a strumpet, a whore; a term of abuse for low woman → 1622
► SUCKER a greenhorn; a mean, low fellow → 1758 sl.
► TAG-RAG the rabble; the riff-raff; the common people; a member of the rabble; a low or despicable person; a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond → 1609
► TRAFFLE a person of low or mean character → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► VARLET a person of a low, mean, or knavish disposition; a have, a rogue, a rascal → 1555
► YAMOO a low or degraded person → 1895 Aust. criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► YAP a low person unworthy of his position → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
► BELOW to make low or lowly; to humble; to demean → 1377 obs. exc. Sc.