usage: of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"
2. funky, low-down, emotional (vs. unemotional)
usage: (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues