rubbish (ˈrʌbɪʃ
)
Definitions
noun
- worthless, useless, or unwanted matter
- discarded or waste matter; refuse
- foolish words or speech; nonsense
verb
- (tr) informal to criticize; attack verbally
Word Origin
C14 robys, of uncertain originSynonyms
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waste,
refuse,
scrap,
junk,
litter,
debris,
crap,
garbage,
trash,
lumber,
offal,
dross,
dregs,
flotsam and jetsam,
grot,
dreck,
offscourings,
=
nonsense,
garbage,
drivel,
malarkey,
twaddle,
balls,
bull,
shit,
pants,
rot,
crap,
trash,
bullshit,
hot air,
tosh,
bollocks,
pap,
cobblers,
bilge,
tripe,
gibberish,
guff,
havers,
moonshine,
claptrap,
hogwash,
hokum,
codswallop,
piffle,
poppycock,
balderdash,
bosh,
wack,
eyewash,
stuff and nonsense
flapdoodle,
tommyrot,
horsefeathers bunkum or buncombe
bizzo,
bull's wool,
=
hopeless,
incompetent,
poor,
no good,
inadequate,
pants,
useless,
pathetic,
inferior,
ineffectual,
Translations
- British English:
rubbish
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.ˈrʌbɪʃ ADJECTIVE He was rubbish at his job.
- Spanish:
pésimo
adj pésima
- French:
nul
adj
- German:
unsinnig
adj
- Chinese: 垃圾的 adj
- Arabic: تافِه adj
- Portuguese: sem qualidade adj
- Russian: дрянной adj дрянная
- Croatian: bezvezan adj bezvezna
- Czech: nesmyslný adj
- Danish: elendig adj
- Dutch: waardeloos adj
- Finnish: surkea adj
- Greek: άχρηστος adj άχρηστη
- Italian: pessimo adj pessima
- Japanese: だめな no_posp
- Korean: 하찮은 adj
- Norwegian: tåpelig adj
- Polish: bzdurny adj bzdurna
- Brazilian Portuguese: ruim adj
- European Spanish:
pésimo
adj pésima
- Swedish: prata strunt adj
- Thai: ที่ไร้สาระ adj
- Turkish: döküntü adj
- Vietnamese: vớ vẩn adj
- British English:
rubbish
Rubbish consists of unwanted things or waste material such as old food....unwanted household rubbish.ˈrʌbɪʃ NOUN ...unwanted household rubbish.
- Spanish:
basura
nf
- French:
déchets
nm_pl
- German:
Abfall
nm Abfälle
- Chinese: 糟透的 n
- Arabic: هُرَاء n
- Portuguese: patetice nf
- Russian: хлам nm
- Croatian: smeće nnt
- Czech: odpadky npl
- Danish: affald nnt
- Dutch: afval nnt
- Finnish: jäte n
- Greek: σκουπίδι nnt
- Italian: immondizia nf
- Japanese: ごみ n
- Korean: 쓰레기 n
- Norwegian: søppel npl
- Polish: śmieci npl
- Brazilian Portuguese: lixo nm
- European Spanish:
basura
nf
- Swedish: skräp nnt
- Thai: ขยะ n
- Turkish: çöp n
- Vietnamese: rác n
Usage examples
I saw several cats pad purposefully down the alleyway alongside the Taverna where they kept their rubbish bins.
, CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)Mr Broughton said another false alarm was raised earlier in the day when a pile of rubbish on The Terrace raised public suspicions.
New Zealand Herald (2003)But I would not have enjoyed it if I'd been jumping rubbish.
Glasgow Herald (2001)By the spring of 1995, the NME would honour the aforementioned Thurman with the epithet `Brilliantly rubbish '.
, THE LAST PARTY: Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock (2003)