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| black sheep |
one who differs from and is often an embarrassment or disgrace to his or her family or group. This may be be due to this person's disreputable behavior, lack of worldly success, or difference in belief or point of view from that of the group. |
| cahoots |
(informal) partnership or collusion of a disreputable sort (prec. by "in"). |
| dive |
(informal) a shabby or disreputable bar or nightclub. [1/12 definitions] |
| heel1 |
(informal) a thoroughly disreputable or untrustworthy man. [1/9 definitions] |
| joint |
(informal) a bar or nightclub, often one that is considered somewhat disreputable. [1/13 definitions] |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| lowlife |
a coarse or disreputable person. [1/2 definitions] |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. [1/2 definitions] |
| riffraff |
persons considered to be worthless or disreputable; rabble. |
| scum |
a person or persons considered to be low or disreputable; dregs. [1/5 definitions] |
| scuzzy |
(slang) dirty, shabby, disreputable, or sleazy. |
| seamy |
disreputable; sordid. |
| sleazy |
base or disreputable. [1/2 definitions] |
| trash |
(slang) any person or class considered inferior or disreputable. [1/7 definitions] |
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