trashnoun [ U ]
uk/træʃ/us/træʃ/trash noun [ U ] (THINGS)
C2 informal something that is of low quality:
B1 US also garbage, UK rubbish waste material or things that are no longer wanted or needed:
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- Don't believe the trash you read in newspapers.
- His novels are just trash.
- The movie's trash really, but I quite enjoyed it.
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Rubbish and waste
- debris
- detritus
- dross
- effluent
- flotsam
- jetsam
- jumble
- kitsch
- litter
- recycle
- refuse
- rubbish
- rubble
- scrap
- scrap heap
- spoil
- tat
- upcycle
- upcycling
- waste product
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trash noun [ U ] (PEOPLE)
[ + sing/pl verb ] US informal an insulting way of referring to a person or people that you have no respect for:
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Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- intruder
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- roadman
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- twat
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
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Idiom(s)
trashverb [ T ]
uk/træʃ/us/træʃ/informaltrash verb [ T ] (THROW AWAY)
to throw something away:
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Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- apocalypse
- be sacrificed on the altar of sth idiom
- blast
- blast/blow sb/sth to kingdom come idiom
- costly
- fall in
- kill sth off
- kill the goose that lays the golden egg idiom
- knock
- knock sth down
- sacrifice
- sink
- stave
- stave sth in
- take sb/sth out
- tear 1
- tear sth apart
- tear sth down
- wipe
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trash verb [ T ] (DAMAGE)
to cause a lot of damage to something:
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Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- alloy
- at the expense of sb idiom
- at-risk
- bandh
- bang up sb/sth
- foul
- gild the lily idiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- gnaw away at sth
- go west idiom
- goonda
- ravages
- ruin
- scourge
- shatter
- shoot sth up
- sour
- tell on sb
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trash verb [ T ] (CRITICIZE)
to criticize something or someone severely:
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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