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rubbish

noun

1 rubbish

Worthless material that is to be disposed of.

synonyms: scrap, trash.

Roget 638: consumption, expenditure, exhaustion; dispersion etc. 73; ebb; leakage etc. (exudation) 295; loss etc. 776; ... show more

Roget 645: inutility; uselessness etc. adj.; inefficacy, futility; ineptitude, inaptitude; unsubservience; inadequacy etc. (insufficiency) 640; inefficiency, ... show more

Roget 782: relinquishment, abandonment etc. (of a course) 624; renunciation, expropriation, dereliction; cession, surrender, dispensation; quitclaim deed; resignation ... show more

Dutch: vuil, vuilnis, afval, brandhout, brol, prutsding, rotzooi, shit, tennef, tinnef ... show more

2 rubbish

Nonsensical talk or writing.

synonyms: applesauce, codswallop, folderol, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash.

Roget 517: meaninglessness, unmeaningness etc. adj.; scrabble.    empty sound, dead letter, vox et praeterea nihil [Lat.]; a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing;" sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal.   " nonsense, utter nonsense, gibberish; ... show more

Roget 643: unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality.    triviality, levity, frivolity; paltriness etc. adj.; poverty; smallness etc. 32; ... show more

Dutch: pens

verb

1 rubbish

Attack strongly.


Moby thesaurus: absurdity, afterglow, afterimage, amphigory, attack, babble, babblement, bad-mouth, balance, balderdash, baloney, bibble-babble, bilge, blabber, blather, bombast, bosh, bric-a-brac, bull, bullshit ... show more.

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