noun
a person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle.
a college dropout
beatnik,hippy,bohemian,nonconformist,free spirit,avant-gardist,rebel,misfit,outsider,loner,eccentric,idler,layabout,loafer,lounger,good-for-nothing,freak,oddball,deadbeat,waster,bum,bad boy
noun
a person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle.
a college dropout
beatnik,hippy,bohemian,nonconformist,free spirit,avant-gardist,rebel,misfit,outsider,loner,eccentric,idler,layabout,loafer,lounger,good-for-nothing,freak,oddball,deadbeat,waster,bum,bad boy
noun
a person without a home, job, or property.
derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag
tramp,vagrant,vagabond,down and out,homeless person,drifter,knight of the road,beggar,mendicant,outcast,pariah,ne’er do well,good-for-nothing,wastrel,streety,dosser,bag lady,hobo,bum,derro
noun
an idle, feckless, or disreputable person.
a nation of deadbeats who must work harder
layabout,loafer,lounger,idler,waster,wastrel,good-for-nothing,parasite,useless article,bum,scrounger,sponger,sponge,freeloader,skiver,cadger
noun
an idle, feckless, or disreputable person.
a nation of deadbeats who must work harder
layabout,loafer,lounger,idler,waster,wastrel,good-for-nothing,parasite,useless article,bum,scrounger,sponger,sponge,freeloader,skiver,cadger
adjective
completely exhausted.
I must go to bed—I’m dead beat
noun
a vagrant.
bums had been known to wander up to their door and ask for a sandwich
tramp,vagrant,vagabond,homeless person,derelict,down-and-out,itinerant,traveller,drifter,wanderer,person of no fixed address,beachcomber,ne’er do well,good for nothing,outcast,pariah,beggar,mendicant,hobo,bagman,sundowner,swagman,streety,crusty,bag lady,dosser,derro
verb
get by asking or begging.
they tried to bum money off us
scrounge,beg,borrow,sponge,touch someone for,scab,cadge,sorn on someone for,mooch,bludge
noun
a vagrant.
bums had been known to wander up to their door and ask for a sandwich
tramp,vagrant,vagabond,homeless person,derelict,down-and-out,itinerant,traveller,drifter,wanderer,person of no fixed address,beachcomber,ne’er do well,good for nothing,outcast,pariah,beggar,mendicant,hobo,bagman,sundowner,swagman,streety,crusty,bag lady,dosser,derro
verb
get by asking or begging.
they tried to bum money off us
scrounge,beg,borrow,sponge,touch someone for,scab,cadge,sorn on someone for,mooch,bludge
adjective
of poor quality; bad or wrong.
not one bum note was played
bad,poor,inferior,second-rate,second-class,unsatisfactory,inadequate,unacceptable,substandard,not up to scratch,not up to par,deficient,imperfect,defective,faulty,shoddy,amateurish,careless,negligent,dreadful,awful,terrible,abominable,frightful,atrocious,disgraceful,deplorable,hopeless,worthless,laughable,lamentable,miserable,sorry,third-rate,diabolical,execrable,crummy,rotten,pathetic,useless,woeful,lousy,appalling,abysmal,pitiful,godawful,dire,not up to snuff,the pits,duff,chronic,rubbish,ropy,poxy,crap,shit,chickenshit
noun
An unpleasant or despicable person.
scoundrel,villain,rogue,rascal,brute,animal,weasel,snake,monster,ogre,wretch,devil,good-for-nothing,reprobate,wrongdoer,evil-doer
adjective
(of a thing) no longer in its pure or original form; debased.
a bastard Darwinism
hybrid,alloyed
noun
An unpleasant or despicable person.
scoundrel,villain,rogue,rascal,brute,animal,weasel,snake,monster,ogre,wretch,devil,good-for-nothing,reprobate,wrongdoer,evil-doer
adjective
(of a thing) no longer in its pure or original form; debased.
hybrid,alloyed
