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[ ruhb-ish ] / ˈrʌb ɪʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rubbish ON THESAURUS.COM
nounworthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash. nonsense, as in writing or art: sentimental rubbish. Origin of rubbish1350–1400; Middle English rubbes, rob(b)ous< ?; cf. rubble SYNONYMS FOR rubbish2 rot, balderdash, drivel, bosh. SEE SYNONYMS FOR rubbish ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby rubbishrubber tree, rubbery, Rubbia, rubbing, rubbing alcohol, rubbish, rubbish bin, rubbishy, rubbity, rubble, rubblework Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rubbishPublishers print stacks of rubbish – “Beach Reading” – for your sake. Our Doomed Love Affair with Summer|P. J. O’Rourke|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST The actor has since denied involvement in the projects, calling rumors to the contrary “rubbish.” The Cult of Boba Fett: The ‘Star Wars’ Bounty Hunter’s Spin-Off|Rich Goldstein|June 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST As he advanced his, eyebrows contracted, and his lips seemed to form the word “rubbish.” Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST People ought to know that if they stuff themselves silly with high-calorie, rubbish foods they will get fat. Britain’s Weighty Issue|Emma Woolf|January 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was rubble, half-collapsed houses, and mountains of rubbish everywhere. My Harrowing Kidnapping Ordeal in Syria|Balint Szlanko|January 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST Both yards were forlorn, uneven, and malodorous, from the heaps of offal and rubbish lying under the hot sun. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2)|Isabella L. Bird I lay still, and seemed to be well covered with rubbish and to be unnoticed. The Escaping Club|A. J. Evans The sparrows industriously collected all manner of rubbish, and stowed it away under the tiles of the Navigation School. The Red Room|August Strindberg Suddenly a door opened, and a great quantity of rubbish was swept briskly into the street. The So-called Human Race|Bert Leston Taylor The whole is surrounded by a deep wide ditch, which could be filled with water; it is now much filled up with rubbish. Letters from Palestine|J. D. Paxton
British Dictionary definitions for rubbish
nounworthless, useless, or unwanted matter discarded or waste matter; refuse foolish words or speech; nonsense verb(tr) informal to criticize; attack verbally Word Origin for rubbishC14 robys, of uncertain origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with rubbish
see good riddance (to bad rubbish). The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to rubbishjunk, trash, lumber, rubble, debris, waste, gibberish, rummage, refuse, scrap, litter, dross, offal, dregs, sweepings, hogwash, bilge, hooey, drivel, poppycock |