noun

1. A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast.

adjective

1. Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position.

2. Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit.

3. Showing utter hopelessness, helplessness; showing resignation; wretched.

Synonyms: beggarly, contemptible, cringing, degraded, groveling, ignoble, mean, mean-spirited