单词 | rubbishing |
释义 | rubbishingn. colloquial (originally Australian and New Zealand). An instance of disparagement or severe criticism. ΚΠ 1962 P. Coleman Australian Civilization 66 An atmosphere of reciprocal banter or ‘rubbishing’ Australians can express mutual affection without running any risk of indecently exposing states of feeling. 1979 Spectator 14 July 28/2 A conventional rubbishing of the Left and applause of the Right. 1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. xvii. 324 We were expected to stomach terrible rubbishings in the press for our performances and not whisper a word of complaint. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rubbishingadj. Now chiefly archaic. Paltry, worthless, rubbishy. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible unworthlyc1230 wretcha1250 seely1297 vilec1320 not worth a cress (kerse)1377 the value of a rushc1380 threadbarec1412 wretched1450 miserable?a1513 rascal1519 prettya1522 not worth a whistlea1529 pegrall1535 plack1539 pelting1540 scald1542 sleeveless1551 baggage1553 paltering1553 piddling1559 twopenny1560 paltry1565 rubbish1565 baggagely1573 pelfish1577 halfpenny1579 palting1579 baubling1581 three-halfpenny1581 pitiful1582 triobolar1585 squirting1589 not worth a lousea1592 hedge1596 cheap1597 peddling1597 dribbling1600 mean1600 rascally1600 three-farthingc1600 draughty1602 dilute1605 copper1609 peltry?a1610 threepenny1613 pelsy1631 pimping1640 triobolary1644 pigwidgeon1647 dustya1649 fiddling1652 puddlinga1653 insignificant1658 piteous1667 snotty1681 scrubbed1688 dishonourable1699 scrub1711 footy1720 fouty1722 rubbishing1731 chuck-farthing1748 rubbishy1753 shabby1753 scrubby1754 poxya1758 rubbishly1777 waff-like1808 trinkety1817 meanish1831 one-eyed1843 twiddling1844 measly1847 poking1850 picayunish1852 vild1853 picayune1856 snide1859 two-cent1859 rummagy1872 faddling1883 finicking1886 slushy1889 twopence halfpenny1890 jerk1893 pissy1922 crappy1928 two-bit1932 piddly1933 chickenshit1934 pissing1937 penny packet1943 farkakte1960 pony1964 gay1978 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Antirrhinum Pots fill'd with rubbishing dry sandy Soil. 1791 T. Holcroft School for Arrogance i. 3 He..values the rubbishing dust of his great grandfathers above diamonds! 1808 E. Sleath Bristol Heiress I. 157 Young ladies of fortune used to keep themselves to themselves..and not flaunt about with such rubbishing sort of gentry as those. 1849 A. R. Smith Pottleton Legacy xx. 174 He..had some rubbishing woods, where people went to make a noise with guns. 1884 M. E. Braddon Ishmael xxix What rubbishing music it is! 1933 ‘E. Cambridge’ Hostages to Fortune v. 276 By the time father's paid taxes and insurances, and our school bills and all sorts of rubbishing things like tooth brushes and soap and gym shoes and fowl corn..there isn't much left. 1965 G. Heyer Frederica iii. 46 What a horrid house this is, and furnished in the most rubbishing style. 2008 B. Metzger Scandalous Life of True Lady xvii. 184 London had more to offer than this rubbishing house party where one had to watch one's manners and watch Claire or Miss Royale to see which fork to use. Derivatives ˈrubbishingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > worthlessly noughtsa1393 worthlessly1637 shottenly1661 trashily1836 rubbishingly1837 1837 Athenæum 236 They are childishly, rubbishingly, ridiculously otherwise. 1879 E. Brinsmead Hist. Pianoforte (new ed.) ii. ix. 141 ‘Where do all the pianos go?’ ‘To pieces’ is the answer respecting the mass of rubbishingly cheap pianos. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1962adj.1731 |
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