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in the sense of lumber
Definition
unwanted disused household articles
The wheels had been consigned to the loft as useless lumber.
Synonyms
junk,
refuse,
rubbish,
discards,
trash (US, Canadian),
clutter,
jumble,
white elephants,
castoffs,
trumpery
in the sense of moonshine
Definition
foolish or nonsensical talk or thought
The story is pure moonshine.
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
pants (slang),
trash,
gas (informal),
bunk (informal),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
guff (slang),
havers (Scottish),
claptrap (informal),
hogwash,
malarkey,
blather,
piffle (informal),
blether,
bosh (informal),
stuff and nonsense,
foolish talk,
tarradiddle,
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of pan
Definition
to criticize harshly
His first movie was panned by the critics.
Synonyms
criticize,
knock (informal),
blast,
hammer (British, informal),
slam (slang),
flame (informal),
rubbish (informal),
roast (informal),
put down,
slate (informal),
censure,
slag (off) (slang),
tear into (informal),
flay,
diss (slang),
lambast(e),
throw brickbats at (informal)
in the sense of pathetic
Definition
distressingly inadequate
That's the most pathetic excuse I've ever heard.
Synonyms
inadequate,
useless,
feeble,
poor,
sorry,
wet (British, informal),
pants (informal),
miserable,
petty,
worthless,
meagre,
pitiful,
woeful,
deplorable,
lamentable,
trashy,
measly (informal),
crummy (slang),
crappy (slang),
rubbishy,
poxy (slang),
wanky (taboo, slang),
chickenshit (US, slang)
in the sense of piffle
Definition
nonsense
He talks such a load of piffle.
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
garbage (informal),
malarkey,
hot air (informal),
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
pants (informal),
rot,
crap (slang),
trash,
bunk (informal),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
tosh (slang, British),
bollocks (British, taboo, slang),
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
drivel,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
guff (slang),
moonshine,
hogwash (informal),
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
bunkum,
codswallop (British, slang),
poppycock (informal),
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
hooey (slang),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
tarradiddle,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of poor
Definition
lacking in (something)
poor wages and terrible working conditionsA poor crop has sent vegetable prices spiralling.
Synonyms
meagre,
inadequate,
insufficient,
reduced,
lacking,
slight,
miserable,
pathetic,
incomplete,
scant,
sparse,
deficient,
skimpy,
measly (informal),
scanty,
pitiable,
niggardly,
straitened,
exiguous
in the sense of poppycock
Definition
nonsense
Experts dismiss this explanation as poppycock.
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
pants (informal),
rot,
crap (slang),
garbage (informal),
trash,
bunk (informal),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
malarkey,
tosh (slang, British),
babble,
bollocks (British, taboo, slang),
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
drivel,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
gibberish,
guff (slang),
moonshine,
baloney (informal),
gobbledegook (informal),
hogwash,
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
bunkum,
piffle (informal),
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
hooey (slang),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of refuse
Definition
anything thrown away
a weekly collection of refuse
Synonyms
rubbish,
waste,
sweepings,
junk (informal),
litter,
garbage (US),
trash,
sediment,
scum,
dross,
dregs,
leavings,
dreck (slang, US),
offscourings,
lees
in the sense of rot
Definition
nonsense
You do talk rot!
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
drivel,
twaddle,
malarkey,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
pants (slang),
crap (slang),
garbage (US),
trash,
bunk (informal),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
tripe (informal),
guff (slang),
moonshine,
claptrap (informal),
hogwash,
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
codswallop (British, slang),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
stuff and nonsense,
flapdoodle (slang),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of scrap
Definition
waste material or used articles, often collected and reprocessed
cut up for scrap
Synonyms
waste,
refuse,
rubbish,
junk,
litter,
debris,
garbage,
trash (US, Canadian),
detritus,
off cuts

Synonyms of 'rubbish'

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in the sense of shit
Definition
rubbish
This is a load of shit.
Synonyms
rubbish,
nonsense,
garbage (informal),
malarkey,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
rot,
crap (taboo, slang),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
bollocks (British, taboo, slang),
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
drivel,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
claptrap (informal),
poppycock (informal),
kak (South Africa),
pants (slang),
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of slam
Definition
to criticize harshly
The director slammed the claims as an outrageous lie.
Synonyms
criticize,
attack,
blast,
pan (informal),
damn,
slate (informal),
shoot down (informal),
castigate,
vilify,
pillory,
tear into (informal),
diss (slang),
lambast(e),
excoriate (literary)
in the sense of slate
Definition
to criticize harshly
Slated by critics at the time, the film has since become a classic.
Synonyms
criticize,
blast,
pan (informal),
slam (slang),
blame,
roast (informal),
censure,
rebuke,
slang,
scold,
berate,
castigate,
rail against,
tear into (informal),
lay into (informal),
pitch into (informal),
take to task,
lambast(e),
flame (informal),
excoriate,
haul over the coals (informal),
tear (someone) off a strip (informal),
rap (someone's) knuckles
in the sense of trash
Definition
unwanted objects
The yards are overgrown and cluttered with trash.
Synonyms
litter,
refuse,
waste,
rubbish,
sweepings,
junk (informal),
garbage,
dross,
dregs,
dreck (slang, US),
offscourings
in the sense of trash
Definition
foolish ideas or talk
Don't read that awful trash.
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
garbage (informal),
rot,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
pants (slang),
crap (slang),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
drivel,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
guff (slang),
moonshine,
hogwash (informal),
malarkey,
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
inanity,
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
kak (South Africa, vulgar, slang),
trumpery,
tommyrot,
foolish talk,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of tripe
Definition
nonsense or rubbish
I've never heard such a load of tripe in all my life.
Synonyms
nonsense,
rot (old-fashioned),
trash,
twaddle,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
rubbish,
shit (taboo, slang),
pants (slang),
crap (slang),
garbage (informal),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
bollocks (British, taboo, slang),
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
drivel,
guff (slang),
moonshine,
claptrap (informal),
hogwash,
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
inanity,
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
trumpery,
tommyrot,
foolish talk,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of twaddle
Definition
silly, trivial, or pretentious talk or writing
He was baffled by the intellectual twaddle.
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
rot (informal),
garbage (informal),
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
pants (slang),
gossip,
crap (slang),
trash,
chatter,
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
waffle (informal, British),
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
drivel,
tripe (informal),
guff (slang),
tattle,
moonshine,
verbiage,
gabble,
claptrap (informal),
gobbledegook (informal),
hogwash,
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
rigmarole,
blather,
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
inanity,
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
trumpery,
tommyrot,
foolish talk,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of useless
Definition
ineffectual, weak, or stupid
He was useless at any game with a ball.
Synonyms
inept,
no good,
hopeless (informal),
weak,
stupid,
pants (slang),
incompetent,
ineffectual

rubbish

(rʌbɪʃ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense rubbishes, present participle rubbishing, past tense, past participle rubbished
1. uncountable noun
Rubbish consists of unwanted things or waste material such as used paper, empty tins and bottles, and waste food.
[mainly British]
...unwanted household rubbish.
They had piled most of their rubbish into yellow skips.
regional note: in AM, usually use garbage, trash
Synonyms: waste, refuse, scrap, junk [informal] More Synonyms of rubbish
2. uncountable noun
If you think that something is of very poor quality, you can say that it is rubbish.
[British, informal]
He described her book as absolute rubbish.
3. uncountable noun
If you think that an idea or a statement is foolish or wrong, you can say that it is rubbish.
[mainly British, informal]
He's talking rubbish.
These reports are total and utter rubbish.
Synonyms: nonsense, garbage [informal], drivel, malarkey More Synonyms of rubbish
4. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If you think that someone is not very good at something, you can say that they arerubbish at it.
[British, informal]
He was rubbish at his job. [+ at]
I tried playing golf, but I was rubbish.
Synonyms: hopeless [informal], incompetent, poor, no good More Synonyms of rubbish
5. verb
If you rubbish a person, their ideas, or their work, you say they are of little value.
[British, informal]
Five whole pages of script were devoted to rubbishing her political opponents. [VERB noun]
Officials have simply rubbished all positive ideas. [VERB noun]
regional note: in AM, use trash
Synonyms: criticize, condemn, censure, disparage More Synonyms of rubbish

rubbish in British English

(ˈrʌbɪʃ)
noun
1. 
worthless, useless, or unwanted matter
2. 
discarded or waste matter; refuse
3. 
foolish words or speech; nonsense
verb
4. (transitive) informal
to criticize; attack verbally
Word origin
C14 robys, of uncertain origin

rubbish in American English

(ˈrʌbɪʃ)
noun
1. 
any material rejected or thrown away as worthless; trash; refuse
2. 
worthless, foolish ideas, statements, etc.; nonsense
verb transitive
3.  British, Informal
trash1 (sense 8) trash1 (sense 8a)
Derived forms
rubbishy (ˈrubbishy)
adjective
Word origin
ME robous, robys: ult. < base of rub

COBUILD Collocations
rubbish

absolute rubbish
complete rubbish

Examples of 'rubbish' in a sentence
rubbish

Ensure that food and rubbish are kept in sealed containers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That by now nobody would bat an eyelid when their local rubbish tip is named the hot new art space.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And he rubbished the idea that people in Britain no longer go out.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You need to take into account noise from deliveries, rubbish collections and so on.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They have given international rugby a massive boost in an autumn where there has been far too many games and far too much rubbish.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Rubbish advice The erratic bin collections over the past few weeks have left me struggling to cope with all our household rubbish.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Theresa May can do more than simply rubbish the report, though.
The Sun (2016)
So, just to make sure this is very clear, this is absolute rubbish.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Your body is not a rubbish bin.
Sally Gunnell, Kathryn Leigh BE YOUR BEST: How Anyone can become Fit, Healthy and Confident (2002)
They rubbished claims he has asked for a move.
The Sun (2006)
We had no money and just this rubbish little thing that we all crammed into.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They had extra time and it was total and utter rubbish.
The Sun (2014)
Yet the middle class has vanished and people are scavenging for food in the rubbish.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The schools are patchy and rubbish disposal is a mess.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It took me a month to figure out how to dispose of our household rubbish.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
People worry that their hospital or rubbish collection service will somehow be compromised.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Writing letters to the council about collecting your rubbish is another domestic thrill.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There had been so much rubbish talked about him not staying.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Drivers should not be rubbished simply because they have sponsor cash.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Why is my head filled with such useless rubbish?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The only economic place for the weak was the rubbish heap.
Bryant, Arthur The Search for Justice - a history of Britain and the British people Volume III (1990)
Nostalgia is rubbish unless your team are victorious.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
What a rubbish waste of a once great show.
The Sun (2014)
Horsham district council is so impressed by his activities it has named a rubbish lorry after him.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
That seemed like a bit of a rubbish job.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We did some decent stuff but some absolute rubbish.
The Sun (2016)
The rest of his remains were found stuffed in a suitcase in a rubbish bin.
The Sun (2011)
And pals rubbished claims he could be to blame.
The Sun (2014)
The whole thing was just a total load of rubbish really.
The Sun (2006)
We don't just say people are rubbish.
The Sun (2010)
They're perfect for long boring plane journeys when they give you those rubbish little ones.
The Sun (2010)

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In other languages
rubbish

British English: rubbish /ˈrʌbɪʃ/ ADJECTIVE
If you think that someone is not very good at something, you can say that they are rubbish at it.
He was rubbish at his job.
  • American English: lousy
  • Arabic: تافِه
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ruim
  • Chinese: 垃圾的
  • Croatian: bezvezan
  • Czech: mizerný v nějaké činnosti
  • Danish: elendig
  • Dutch: waardeloos
  • European Spanish: pésimo
  • Finnish: surkea
  • French: nul inintéressant
  • German: unsinnig
  • Greek: άχρηστος
  • Italian: pessimo
  • Japanese: だめな
  • Korean: 하찮은
  • Norwegian: tåpelig
  • Polish: bzdurny
  • European Portuguese: sem qualidade
  • Romanian: nepriceput
  • Russian: дрянной
  • Latin American Spanish: pésimo
  • Swedish: prata strunt
  • Thai: ที่ไร้สาระ
  • Turkish: berbat
  • Ukrainian: нікудишній
  • Vietnamese: vớ vẩn
British English: rubbish /ˈrʌbɪʃ/ NOUN
Rubbish consists of unwanted things or waste material such as old food.
...unwanted household rubbish.
  • American English: trash
  • Arabic: هُرَاء
  • Brazilian Portuguese: lixo
  • Chinese: 糟透的
  • Croatian: smeće
  • Czech: odpadky
  • Danish: affald
  • Dutch: afval
  • European Spanish: basura
  • Finnish: jäte
  • French: déchets
  • German: Abfall
  • Greek: σκουπίδι
  • Italian: immondizia
  • Japanese: ごみ
  • Korean: 쓰레기
  • Norwegian: søppel
  • Polish: śmieci
  • European Portuguese: lixo
  • Romanian: deșeuri
  • Russian: хлам
  • Latin American Spanish: basura
  • Swedish: skräp
  • Thai: ขยะ
  • Turkish: çöp
  • Ukrainian: сміття
  • Vietnamese: rác

All related terms of 'rubbish'

rubbish bag
a plastic bag for the disposal of household rubbish
rubbish bin
a container for rubbish
rubbish tin
a container for rubbish
rubbish tip
a place or area where waste materials are dumped
rubbish chute
an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
rubbish dump
a place or area where waste materials are dumped
garden rubbish
organic refuse generated by gardening
absolute rubbish
If you think that something is of very poor quality, you can say that it is rubbish .
complete rubbish
If you think that an idea or a statement is foolish or wrong , you can say that it is rubbish .
household rubbish
the unwanted things and waste material produced in the running of a household , such as used paper, empty tins and bottles , and waste food
rubbish collection
the collection of domestic refuse for disposal
bin
A bin is a container that you put rubbish in.
binning
a large container or enclosed space for storing something in bulk , such as coal , grain , or wool

Chinese translation of 'rubbish'

rubbish

(ˈrʌbɪʃ) (Brit)

n (u)

  1. (refuse) 垃圾 (lājī)
    美 = garbage, trash
  2. (= inferior material) 垃圾 (lājī)
  3. (= nonsense) 废(廢)话(話) (fèihuà)

adj

  1. I'm rubbish at golf (Brit, inf) 我高尔(爾)夫球打得很糟糕 (wǒ gāo'ěrfūqiú dǎ de hěn zāogāo)

vt

  1. 贬(貶)低 (biǎndī)
    rubbish! 胡说(說)！ (húshuō!)

rubbish!

  1. 胡说(說)！ (húshuō!)
See rubbish

All related terms of 'rubbish'

rubbish!
胡说(說)！ húshuō!
rubbish bin
垃圾箱 lājīxiāng [ 个(個) gè ]
rubbish dump
垃圾堆存处(處) lājī duīcúnchù
I'm rubbish at golf
( Brit : inf ) 我高尔(爾)夫球打得很糟糕 wǒ gāo'ěrfūqiú dǎ de hěn zāogāo
there's rubbish everywhere
到处(處)都是垃圾 dàochù dōu shì lājī
1 (noun) 
Definition
anything worthless or of poor quality
unwanted household rubbish
Synonyms
waste
This country produces 10 million tonnes of toxic waste every year.
refuse
a weekly collection of refuse
scrap
cut up for scrap
junk (informal)
What are you going to do with all that junk?
litter
If you see litter in the corridor, pick it up.
debris
Seven vehicles were damaged by flying debris.
crap (slang)
garbage mainly US)
rotting piles of garbage
trash
The yards are overgrown and cluttered with trash.
lumber (British)
The wheels had been consigned to the loft as useless lumber.
offal
dross
recovering gold nuggets from dross
dregs
flotsam and jetsam
grot (slang)
dreck (slang, mainly US)
offscourings
2 (noun) 
Definition
foolish words or speech
He's talking rubbish.
Synonyms
nonsense
Most orthodox doctors, however, dismiss this theory as complete nonsense.
garbage mainly US)
I personally think the story is complete garbage.
drivel
What absolute drivel!
malarkey
twaddle
He was baffled by the intellectual twaddle.
balls (taboo, slang)
bull (slang)
shit (taboo, slang)
This is a load of shit.
pants (slang)
rot
You do talk rot!
crap (slang)
trash
Don't read that awful trash.
bullshit (taboo, slang)
hot air (informal)
tosh (slang, mainly British)
bollocks (British, taboo, slang)
pap
cobblers (British, taboo, slang)
bilge (informal)
I supported the family by writing bilge for popular magazines.
tripe (informal)
I've never heard such a load of tripe in all my life.
gibberish
When he did speak to her, he spoke gibberish.
guff (slang)
These commercials are all guff.
havers (Scottish)
moonshine
The story is pure moonshine.
claptrap (informal)
He talks a lot of pretentious claptrap.
hogwash
That's a load of hogwash.
hokum (slang, mainly US, Canadian)
codswallop (British, slang)
piffle (informal)
He talks such a load of piffle.
poppycock (informal)
Experts dismiss this explanation as poppycock.
balderdash
What a load of balderdash!
bosh (informal)
wack (US, slang)
eyewash (informal)
stuff and nonsense
flapdoodle (slang)
tommyrot
horsefeathers (US, slang)
bunkum or buncombe
bizzo (Australian, slang)
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
(adjective) 
He was rubbish at his job.
Synonyms
hopeless (informal)
I'd be hopeless at working for somebody else.
incompetent
Lazy and incompetent workers were allowed to coast along.
poor
poor wages and terrible working conditions
A poor crop has sent vegetable prices spiralling.
no good
inadequate
She felt quite painfully inadequate in the crisis.
pants (informal)
useless (informal)
He was useless at any game with a ball.
pathetic
That's the most pathetic excuse I've ever heard.
inferior
These recordings are of inferior quality.
ineffectual
The ill-advised and ineffectual policies
(verb) 
Definition
to criticize
devoted to rubbishing her political opponents
Synonyms
criticize
His mother had rarely criticized him or any of her children.
condemn
Political leaders united yesterday to condemn the latest wave of violence.
censure
I would not presume to censure him for his views.
disparage
his tendency to disparage literature
knock (informal)
I'm not knocking them: if they want to do it, it's up to them.
blast
They have blasted the report.
pan (informal)
His first movie was panned by the critics.
slam (slang)
The director slammed the claims as an outrageous lie.
flame (informal)
put down
slate (informal)
Slated by critics at the time, the film has since become a classic.
have a go at (informal)
disapprove of
tear into (informal)
diss (slang)
find fault with
nag at
lambast(e)
pick holes in
excoriate (literary)
pick to pieces
give (someone or something) a bad press
animadvert on or upon
pass strictures upon

Additional synonyms

in the sense of balderdash
Definition
stupid or illogical talk
What a load of balderdash!
Synonyms
nonsense,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
rubbish,
shit (taboo, slang),
rot,
crap (slang),
garbage (informal),
trash,
bunk (informal),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
waffle,
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
malarkey,
drivel,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
gibberish,
guff (slang),
moonshine,
claptrap (informal),
hogwash,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang),
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
kak (South Africa, taboo, slang),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe
in the sense of bilge
Definition
nonsense
I supported the family by writing bilge for popular magazines.
Synonyms
trash,
rubbish,
rot (informal),
garbage (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
trivia,
drivel,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
dross,
moonshine,
hogwash (informal),
bunkum or buncombe
in the sense of blast
Definition
to criticize severely
They have blasted the report.
Synonyms
criticize,
attack,
put down,
censure,
berate,
castigate,
tear into (informal),
flay,
rail at,
flame (informal),
diss (slang),
lambast(e),
chew out (US, Canadian, informal),
throw shade (at) (slang)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of censure
Definition
to criticize (someone or something) severely
I would not presume to censure him for his views.
Synonyms
criticize,
blame,
abuse,
condemn,
carpet (informal),
flame (informal),
denounce,
put down,
slate (informal),
rebuke,
reprimand,
reproach,
scold,
berate,
castigate,
chide,
tear into (informal),
diss (slang),
blast,
read the riot act,
reprove,
upbraid,
slap on the wrist,
damn,
lambast(e),
bawl out (informal),
excoriate,
rap over the knuckles,
chew out (US, Canadian, informal),
tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal),
give (someone) a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal),
reprehend
in the sense of claptrap
Definition
foolish or pretentious talk
He talks a lot of pretentious claptrap.
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
rot (informal),
crap (slang),
garbage (informal),
trash,
bunk (informal),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
flannel (British, informal),
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
humbug,
drivel,
malarkey,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
affectation,
guff (slang),
blarney,
bombast,
moonshine,
fabrication,
insincerity,
hogwash (informal),
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
rodomontade (literary),
bunkum or buncombe
in the sense of condemn
Definition
to express strong disapproval of
Political leaders united yesterday to condemn the latest wave of violence.
Synonyms
denounce,
damn,
criticize,
disapprove,
censure,
diss (slang),
reprove,
upbraid,
reprobate,
excoriate (literary),
reprehend,
blame,
flame (informal)
in the sense of debris
Definition
fragments of something destroyed
Seven vehicles were damaged by flying debris.
Synonyms
remains,
bits,
pieces,
waste,
ruins,
wreck,
rubbish,
fragments,
litter,
rubble,
wreckage,
brash,
detritus,
dross
in the sense of disparage
Definition
to speak contemptuously of
his tendency to disparage literature
Synonyms
run down,
dismiss,
put down,
criticize,
underestimate,
discredit,
ridicule,
scorn,
minimize,
disdain,
undervalue,
deride,
slag (off) (slang),
knock (informal),
blast,
flame (informal),
rubbish (informal),
malign,
detract from,
denigrate,
belittle,
decry,
underrate,
vilify,
slander,
deprecate,
tear into (informal),
diss (slang),
throw shade (at) (slang),
defame,
bad-mouth (slang),
lambast(e),
traduce (formal),
derogate,
asperse
in the sense of drivel
Definition
foolish talk
What absolute drivel!
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
garbage,
malarkey (informal),
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
rot,
crap (slang),
trash,
bunk (informal),
blah (slang),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
waffle (informal, British),
prating,
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
dross,
gibberish,
guff (slang),
moonshine,
malarkey,
hogwash (informal),
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of dross
Definition
the scum formed on the surfaces of molten metals
recovering gold nuggets from dross
Synonyms
scum,
crust,
impurity,
scoria,
rubbish,
remains,
refuse,
lees,
waste,
debris,
dregs,
recrement
in the sense of excoriate
Definition
to censure severely
Synonyms
attack,
blast,
condemn,
slam (slang),
carpet (informal),
flame (informal),
denounce,
put down,
criticize,
slate (informal, British),
censure,
rebuke,
reproach,
scold,
berate,
castigate,
revile,
vilify,
chastise,
tear into (informal),
flay,
diss (slang),
read the riot act,
reprove,
upbraid,
lambast(e),
bawl out (informal),
chew out (US, Canadian, informal),
tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal),
give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal)
in the sense of garbage
Definition
household waste
rotting piles of garbage
Synonyms
junk,
rubbish,
litter,
trash (US),
refuse,
waste,
sweepings,
scraps,
debris,
muck,
filth,
swill,
slops,
offal,
detritus,
dross,
odds and ends,
flotsam and jetsam,
grot (slang),
leavings,
dreck (slang, US),
scourings,
offscourings
in the sense of garbage
Definition
worthless rubbish or nonsense
I personally think the story is complete garbage.
Synonyms
nonsense,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
rot,
crap (slang),
trash,
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (informal),
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
drivel,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
gibberish,
malarkey,
guff (slang),
havers (Scottish),
moonshine,
claptrap (informal),
hogwash,
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
codswallop (British, slang),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
kak (South Africa, slang),
stuff and nonsense,
flapdoodle (slang),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of gibberish
Definition
rapid incomprehensible talk
When he did speak to her, he spoke gibberish.
Synonyms
nonsense,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
crap (slang),
garbage (informal),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
babble,
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
drivel,
malarkey,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
guff (slang),
prattle,
mumbo jumbo,
moonshine,
jabber,
gabble,
gobbledegook (informal),
hogwash,
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
blather,
double talk,
piffle (informal),
all Greek (informal),
poppycock (informal),
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
yammer (informal),
eyewash (informal),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of guff
Definition
ridiculous talk
These commercials are all guff.
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
malarkey,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
rot,
crap (slang),
garbage (informal),
trash,
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
humbug,
drivel,
tripe (informal),
moonshine,
hogwash (informal),
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
kak (South Africa, vulgar, slang),
empty talk,
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of hogwash
Definition
nonsense
That's a load of hogwash.
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
malarkey,
garbage (informal),
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
rot,
crap (slang),
trash,
bunk (informal),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
drivel,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
guff (slang),
moonshine,
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
bunkum,
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
kak (South Africa, taboo, slang),
hooey (slang),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of inadequate
Definition
not good enough
She felt quite painfully inadequate in the crisis.
Synonyms
incapable,
incompetent,
ineffective,
weak,
pathetic,
faulty,
unfitted,
unfit,
defective,
unequal,
inept,
deficient,
imperfect,
unqualified,
not up to scratch (informal),
inexpert,
inapt,
found wanting
in the sense of incompetent
Definition
not having the necessary ability or skill to do something
Lazy and incompetent workers were allowed to coast along.
Synonyms
inept,
useless (informal),
incapable,
unable,
cowboy (informal),
floundering,
bungling,
unfit,
unfitted,
ineffectual,
incapacitated,
inexpert,
skill-less,
unskilful
in the sense of ineffectual
Definition
having no effect or an inadequate effect
The ill-advised and ineffectual policies
Synonyms
inefficient,
useless (informal),
powerless,
poor,
weak,
inadequate,
pathetic,
unfit,
ineffective,
feeble,
worthless,
inept,
impotent
in the sense of inferior
Definition
of poor quality
These recordings are of inferior quality.
Synonyms
substandard,
bad,
poor,
mean,
worse,
poorer,
pants (informal),
flawed,
rotten (informal),
dire,
indifferent,
duff (British, informal),
mediocre,
second-class,
deficient,
imperfect,
second-rate,
shoddy,
low-grade,
unsound,
downmarket,
low-rent (informal),
for the birds (informal),
wretched,
two-bit (slang),
crappy (slang),
no great shakes (informal),
poxy (slang),
dime-a-dozen (informal),
piss-poor (slang),
chickenshit (US, slang),
bush-league (Australian, New Zealand, informal),
not much cop (British, slang),
tinhorn (US, slang),
half-pie (New Zealand, informal),
of a sort or of sorts,
strictly for the birds (informal),
end-of-the-pier (British, informal),
bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang)
in the sense of junk
Definition
rubbish
What are you going to do with all that junk?
Synonyms
rubbish,
refuse,
waste,
scrap,
litter,
debris,
crap (slang),
garbage,
trash,
clutter,
rummage,
dross,
odds and ends,
space junk,
oddments,
flotsam and jetsam,
leavings,
dreck
in the sense of knock
Definition
to criticize adversely
I'm not knocking them: if they want to do it, it's up to them.
Synonyms
criticize,
condemn,
put down,
run down,
abuse,
blast,
pan (informal),
slam (slang),
flame (informal),
slate (informal),
have a go (at) (informal),
censure,
slag (off) (slang),
denigrate,
belittle,
disparage,
deprecate,
diss (slang),
throw shade (at) (slang),
find fault with,
carp at,
lambast(e),
pick holes in,
cast aspersions on,
cavil at,
pick to pieces,
give (someone or something) a bad press,
nit-pick (informal)
in the sense of litter
Definition
small items of rubbish carelessly dropped in public places
If you see litter in the corridor, pick it up.
Synonyms
rubbish,
refuse,
waste,
fragments,
junk,
debris,
shreds,
garbage (US),
trash,
muck,
detritus,
grot (slang)
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