rubbish
noun
[ ˈrʌbɪʃ ]
• waste material; refuse or litter.
• "householders may be charged for the removal of non-recyclable rubbish"
Similar:
refuse,
waste,
garbage,
litter,
discarded matter,
debris,
detritus,
scrap,
dross,
flotsam and jetsam,
lumber,
sweepings,
leavings,
leftovers,
scraps,
dregs,
offscourings,
odds and ends,
muck,
trash,
mullock,
dreck,
junk,
grot,
gash,
debitage,
draff,
raffle,
raff,
cultch,
orts,
rubbish
verb
• criticize severely and reject as worthless.
• "he rubbished the idea of a European Community-wide carbon tax"
Similar:
criticize,
find fault with,
censure,
denounce,
condemn,
arraign,
attack,
lambast,
pillory,
disapprove of,
carp at,
cavil at,
rail against,
inveigh against,
cast aspersions on,
pour scorn on,
disparage,
denigrate,
deprecate,
malign,
vilify,
besmirch,
run down,
give a bad press to,
slur,
knock,
pan,
slam,
hammer,
blast,
bad-mouth,
nitpick about,
throw brickbats at,
give flak to,
lay into,
lace into,
pull to pieces,
pull apart,
pick holes in,
hit out at,
maul,
savage,
roast,
skewer,
crucify,
slag off,
have a go at,
give some stick to,
monster,
slate,
pummel,
cut up,
trash,
bag on,
bag,
sledge,
rate,
slash,
vituperate against,
reprobate,
animadvert on,
objurgate,
excoriate,
asperse,
derogate,
reprehend,
rubbish
adjective
• very bad; worthless or useless.
• "people might say I was a rubbish manager"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French rubbous ; perhaps related to Old French robe ‘spoils’; compare with rubble. The change in the ending was due to association with -ish1. The verb (1950s) was originally Australian and New Zealand slang.
