trash

1 of 2

noun

ˈtrash

: something worth little or nothing: such as

: things that are no longer useful or wanted and that have been thrown away : junk, rubbish

b(1)

: inferior or worthless writing or artistic matter (such as a television show)

especially : such matter intended purely for sensational entertainment

(2)

: trash talk

(3)

: empty talk : nonsense

: a worthless person

also : such persons as a group : riffraff

: something in a crumbled or broken condition or mass

especially : debris from pruning or processing plant material

trash

2 of 2

verb

trashed; trashing; trashes

transitive verb

: throw away sense 1

standards of reality and truth were trashed

Edwin Diamond

: vandalize, destroy

: attack, assault

: spoil, ruin

trashing the environment

: to subject to criticism or invective

especially : to disparage strongly

a film trashed by the critics

intransitive verb

: to trash something or someone

Example Sentences

Noun Take out the trash, please. I put the dirty diaper in the trash. I can't believe you're reading that trash. She thinks that they're all trash. Verb a computer program that trashes useless files The vacuum cleaner couldn't be fixed, so I trashed it. The apartment had been trashed. He says that the government's policies are trashing the environment. See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Jefferson will share the work her team is doing to measure the amount and types of trash in Cleveland’s urban streams, including Euclid Creek.

cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022 And the city is increasing the frequency of sweeps on routes where relatively large amounts of trash are collected.

David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Moad said that the amount of trash collected along the river during last year’s event was sizable due to low water levels.

David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 The Watershed Protection Department has removed 168,000 pounds of trash from dozens of encampments over the past year.

Paul Best, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2022 There are two bedrooms, one bathroom and lots of trash, according to the listing on the San Antonio Board of Realtor's website.

Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Aug. 2022 Sure, your dash gets dusty and your floorboard accumulates (a disturbing amount of) trash.

Jon Langston And Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2022 In the photo: Plante Moran's Traverse City team adopted a highway in April, cleaning up more than 55 bags of trash.

Diane Herbst, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022 Yager and volunteers have cleaned up over a million pounds of trash to date.

Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 29 Aug. 2022

Verb

City officials say the changes will make San Diego’s street sweeping more effective and efficient, which will keep more trash out of local rivers and bays, which eventually flow into the ocean.

David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 The network could have a MAGA Republican on every show and the MAGA crowd would still trash it.

Fox News, 23 Aug. 2022 Panthers defensive players were very loud and clearly trash talking the Patriots offense.

Mark Daniels, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022 Without enough housekeepers, the management team stripped bed linens and took out towels and trash to prepare the rooms for the next guests.

Sarah Chaney Cambon, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022 The Russians who occupied the building threw trash out the windows, which landed on top of the corpses.

Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Refuting the claims, Ola’s chief executive took to Twitter to dismiss any such development and trash the insinuation.

Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 29 July 2022 The handbook urges Ukrainians to block roads with anything available, from dump trucks to trash, and never to sit around.

Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2022 While some women in their middle years become fixated on perfecting their appearance, others may trash their beauty products altogether or stop picking up their broom on a regular basis.

Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 14 July 2022 See More

trash 1 of 2

noun

as in garbage

discarded or useless material the neighbor's dog was rooting around in our trash this morning

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

garbage
debris
rubbish
junk
litter
dust
truck
sewage
rubble
waste
dross
refuse
offal
deadwood
dreck
chaff
scrap
drek
effluvium
wreckage
riffraff
raffle
effluvia
wash
lumber
detritus
ruins
spilth
dump
offscouring
crud
swill
discard
remains
flotsam
jetsam
slop
trumpery
scrap heap
straw
castoff
throwaway
nothing
cull
reject
two bits
odds and ends
hand-me-down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

treasure
prize
gem
trove
catch
jewel
pearl
treasure trove
plum
find
salvage
goodie
valuable
booty
goody

as in rubbish

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense don't talk trash to me!

Synonyms & Similar Words

garbage
rubbish
nonsense
nuts
drool
blah
stupidity
silliness
muck
jazz
bunk
beans
punk
rot
foolishness
craziness
crock
bilge
claptrap
baloney
twaddle
guff
trumpery
bull
hogwash
balderdash
insanity
tosh
drivel
fiddle
hokum
madness
piffle
bunkum
fudge
hooey
bosh
poppycock
blatherskite
flapdoodle
humbuggery
boloney
blither
malarkey
folderol
tommyrot
fiddlesticks
crapola
blather
applesauce
absurdity
horsefeathers
falderal
codswallop
nerts
malarky
blah-blah
folly
moonshine
buncombe
blarney
hoodoo
hokeypokey
flannel
slush
tarradiddle
fiddle-faddle
humbug
senselessness
greek
idiocy
taradiddle
gas
absurdness
foolery
inanity
tomfoolery
imbecility
inaneness
lunacy
monkey business
asininity
kookiness
fatuity
hot air
shenanigan(s)
rigmarole
witlessness
monkeyshine(s)
rigamarole
hoity-toity
hocus-pocus
double-talk

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

rationality
sensibleness
horse sense
sense
reasonableness
judgement
reasonability
judgment
wisdom
levelheadedness
discernment
common sense

as in masses

people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class snooty people who thought that we were trash because we were in the cleaning business

Synonyms & Similar Words

masses
scum
public
unwashed
rabble
people
dregs
populace
tagrag and bobtail
rabblement
proletariat
riffraff
tag, rag, and bobtail
mob
ragtag and bobtail
commons
rout
commoners
millions
multitude
working class
hoi polloi
plebeians
bourgeoisie
middle class
rank and file
herd

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

society
quality
upper crust
elite
upper class
aristocracy
gentry
establishment
elect
A-list
nobility
peerage
gentlefolk
gentlefolks

as in junk

that which is of low quality or worth the souvenirs in the gift shop are nothing but trash

Synonyms & Similar Words

junk
rubbish
cheese
muck
tripe
dreck
camp
drek
bomb
mess
crapola
lemon
nonsense
sleaze
slop
slush
kitsch
claptrap
stinker
turkey
clunker
clinker
dud
shambles
humbug
muddle

trash

2 of 2

verb

as in to attack

to criticize harshly and usually publicly a stand-up comedian who humorously trashes the motley crew of people who bug her

Synonyms & Similar Words

attack
abuse
slam
insult
scold
savage
blast
criticize
bash
vituperate
tie into
potshot
light into
curse
excoriate
sail into
scathe
beat up on
lambaste
castigate
harass
harry
lambast
affront
assail
profane
slander
jump (on)
berate
reprimand
harangue
slur
revile
belabor
disparage
blackguard
libel
imprecate
execrate
blaspheme
whip
vilify
fulminate
belittle
rebuke
asperse
put down
bad-mouth
chastise
chide
traduce
lash (out)
lace (into)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

praise
compliment
hail
commend
laud
acclaim

as in to destroy

to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property someone had broken into the gym and trashed the decorations for the dance

Synonyms & Similar Words

destroy
ruin
smash
damage
demolish
vandalize
waste
deface
violate
sack
wreck
loot
graffiti
break
desecrate
tag
harm
total
scourge
wipe out
hurt
spoil
tear down
sabotage
plunder
raven
shatter
bang up
mar
ravage
wrack
annihilate
impair
pillage
raze
devastate
ransack
despoil
spoliate
depredate
maraud

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

protect
save
preserve
conserve
salvage
build
rebuild

as in to dismiss

to express scornfully one's low opinion of a club member who trashes every idea that isn't hers

Synonyms & Similar Words

dismiss
minimize
diminish
criticize
cry down
denigrate
dump on
talk down
discount
play down
run down
trash-talk
write off
disparage
decry
dislike
diss
kiss off
abuse
deprecate
dis
denounce
condemn
derogate
put down
depreciate
belittle
bad-mouth
poor-mouth
disgrace
discredit
scold
slander
rip
vilipend
reprobate
discommend
slur
malign
censure
disapprove (of)
defame
vilify
asperse
reprehend
traduce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

praise
favor
applaud
laud
glorify
exalt
approve
acclaim
extol
magnify
recommend
extoll
endorse
sanction
countenance
compliment
indorse
commend
eulogize

as in to raid

to take sudden, violent action against gangs of young punks would trash the encampment of homeless men just for sport

Synonyms & Similar Words

raid
assault
storm
attack
charge
sick
strike
set at
ambush
set upon
set on
rob
sic
swarm
rush
tear into
fly at
sack
pitch into
light into
invade
round on
descend (on or upon)
beat up on
bomb
loot
surprise
turn (on)
bushwhack
assail
mob
beset
go at
pounce (on or upon)
nuke
jump (on)
plunder
cannon
go in (on)
blitz
mug
barrage
buffet
batter
flank
bum-rush
harry
pillage
ravage
ambuscade
surprize
plaster
foray
bombard
press
bang away (at)
overrun
waylay
besiege
cannonade
gang up (on)
envelop
beleaguer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

protect
cover
defend
guard
secure
shield

单词	trash
释义	trash 1 of 2 noun ˈtrash 1 : something worth little or nothing: such as a : things that are no longer useful or wanted and that have been thrown away : junk, rubbish b(1) : inferior or worthless writing or artistic matter (such as a television show) especially : such matter intended purely for sensational entertainment (2) : trash talk (3) : empty talk : nonsense 2 : a worthless person also : such persons as a group : riffraff 3 : something in a crumbled or broken condition or mass especially : debris from pruning or processing plant material trash 2 of 2 verb trashed; trashing; trashes transitive verb 1 : throw away sense 1 standards of reality and truth were trashed Edwin Diamond 2 : vandalize, destroy 3 : attack, assault 4 : spoil, ruin trashing the environment 5 : to subject to criticism or invective especially : to disparage strongly a film trashed by the critics intransitive verb : to trash something or someone Synonyms Noun chaff deadwood debris dreck drek dross dust effluvium effluvia garbage junk litter offal offscouring raffle refuse riffraff rubbish scrap spilth truck waste Verb abuse assail attack bash belabor blast castigate excoriate jump (on) lambaste lambast potshot savage scathe slam vituperate See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun Take out the trash, please. I put the dirty diaper in the trash. I can't believe you're reading that trash. She thinks that they're all trash. Verb a computer program that trashes useless files The vacuum cleaner couldn't be fixed, so I trashed it. The apartment had been trashed. He says that the government's policies are trashing the environment. See More Recent Examples on the Web Noun Jefferson will share the work her team is doing to measure the amount and types of trash in Cleveland’s urban streams, including Euclid Creek. cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022 And the city is increasing the frequency of sweeps on routes where relatively large amounts of trash are collected. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Moad said that the amount of trash collected along the river during last year’s event was sizable due to low water levels. David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 The Watershed Protection Department has removed 168,000 pounds of trash from dozens of encampments over the past year. Paul Best, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2022 There are two bedrooms, one bathroom and lots of trash, according to the listing on the San Antonio Board of Realtor's website. Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Aug. 2022 Sure, your dash gets dusty and your floorboard accumulates (a disturbing amount of) trash. Jon Langston And Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2022 In the photo: Plante Moran's Traverse City team adopted a highway in April, cleaning up more than 55 bags of trash. Diane Herbst, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022 Yager and volunteers have cleaned up over a million pounds of trash to date. Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 29 Aug. 2022 Verb City officials say the changes will make San Diego’s street sweeping more effective and efficient, which will keep more trash out of local rivers and bays, which eventually flow into the ocean. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 The network could have a MAGA Republican on every show and the MAGA crowd would still trash it. Fox News, 23 Aug. 2022 Panthers defensive players were very loud and clearly trash talking the Patriots offense. Mark Daniels, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022 Without enough housekeepers, the management team stripped bed linens and took out towels and trash to prepare the rooms for the next guests. Sarah Chaney Cambon, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022 The Russians who occupied the building threw trash out the windows, which landed on top of the corpses. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Refuting the claims, Ola’s chief executive took to Twitter to dismiss any such development and trash the insinuation. Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 29 July 2022 The handbook urges Ukrainians to block roads with anything available, from dump trucks to trash, and never to sit around. Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2022 While some women in their middle years become fixated on perfecting their appearance, others may trash their beauty products altogether or stop picking up their broom on a regular basis. Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 14 July 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English trasch fallen leaves and twigs, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect trask rubbish; Old Norse tros fallen leaves and twigs, Old English trus First Known Use Noun circa 1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 1902, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Phrases Containing trash trailer trash trash compactor trash can trash talk white trash talk trash trash fish trailer trash trash compactor trash can trash talk white trash talk trash trash fish See More Kids Definition trash noun ˈtrash 1 : something of little or no value that is thrown away 2 : people who deserve little respect trash 1 of 2 noun 1 as in garbage discarded or useless material the neighbor's dog was rooting around in our trash this morning Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance garbage debris rubbish junk litter dust truck sewage rubble waste dross refuse offal deadwood dreck chaff scrap drek effluvium wreckage riffraff raffle effluvia wash lumber detritus ruins spilth dump offscouring crud swill discard remains flotsam jetsam slop trumpery scrap heap straw castoff throwaway nothing cull reject two bits odds and ends hand-me-down Antonyms & Near Antonyms treasure prize gem trove catch jewel pearl treasure trove plum find salvage goodie valuable booty goody See More 2 as in rubbish language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense don't talk trash to me! Synonyms & Similar Words garbage rubbish nonsense nuts drool blah stupidity silliness muck jazz bunk beans punk rot foolishness craziness crock bilge claptrap baloney twaddle guff trumpery bull hogwash balderdash insanity tosh drivel fiddle hokum madness piffle bunkum fudge hooey bosh poppycock blatherskite flapdoodle humbuggery boloney blither malarkey folderol tommyrot fiddlesticks crapola blather applesauce absurdity horsefeathers falderal codswallop nerts malarky blah-blah folly moonshine buncombe blarney hoodoo hokeypokey flannel slush tarradiddle fiddle-faddle humbug senselessness greek idiocy taradiddle gas absurdness foolery inanity tomfoolery imbecility inaneness lunacy monkey business asininity kookiness fatuity hot air shenanigan(s) rigmarole witlessness monkeyshine(s) rigamarole hoity-toity hocus-pocus double-talk Antonyms & Near Antonyms rationality sensibleness horse sense sense reasonableness judgement reasonability judgment wisdom levelheadedness discernment common sense See More 3 as in masses people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class snooty people who thought that we were trash because we were in the cleaning business Synonyms & Similar Words masses scum public unwashed rabble people dregs populace tagrag and bobtail rabblement proletariat riffraff tag, rag, and bobtail mob ragtag and bobtail commons rout commoners millions multitude working class hoi polloi plebeians bourgeoisie middle class rank and file herd Antonyms & Near Antonyms society quality upper crust elite upper class aristocracy gentry establishment elect A-list nobility peerage gentlefolk gentlefolks See More 4 as in junk that which is of low quality or worth the souvenirs in the gift shop are nothing but trash Synonyms & Similar Words junk rubbish cheese muck tripe dreck camp drek bomb mess crapola lemon nonsense sleaze slop slush kitsch claptrap stinker turkey clunker clinker dud shambles humbug muddle trash 2 of 2 verb 1 as in to attack to criticize harshly and usually publicly a stand-up comedian who humorously trashes the motley crew of people who bug her Synonyms & Similar Words attack abuse slam insult scold savage blast criticize bash vituperate tie into potshot light into curse excoriate sail into scathe beat up on lambaste castigate harass harry lambast affront assail profane slander jump (on) berate reprimand harangue slur revile belabor disparage blackguard libel imprecate execrate blaspheme whip vilify fulminate belittle rebuke asperse put down bad-mouth chastise chide traduce lash (out) lace (into) Antonyms & Near Antonyms praise compliment hail commend laud acclaim 2 as in to destroy to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property someone had broken into the gym and trashed the decorations for the dance Synonyms & Similar Words destroy ruin smash damage demolish vandalize waste deface violate sack wreck loot graffiti break desecrate tag harm total scourge wipe out hurt spoil tear down sabotage plunder raven shatter bang up mar ravage wrack annihilate impair pillage raze devastate ransack despoil spoliate depredate maraud Antonyms & Near Antonyms protect save preserve conserve salvage build rebuild See More 3 as in to dismiss to express scornfully one's low opinion of a club member who trashes every idea that isn't hers Synonyms & Similar Words dismiss minimize diminish criticize cry down denigrate dump on talk down discount play down run down trash-talk write off disparage decry dislike diss kiss off abuse deprecate dis denounce condemn derogate put down depreciate belittle bad-mouth poor-mouth disgrace discredit scold slander rip vilipend reprobate discommend slur malign censure disapprove (of) defame vilify asperse reprehend traduce Antonyms & Near Antonyms praise favor applaud laud glorify exalt approve acclaim extol magnify recommend extoll endorse sanction countenance compliment indorse commend eulogize See More 4 as in to raid to take sudden, violent action against gangs of young punks would trash the encampment of homeless men just for sport Synonyms & Similar Words raid assault storm attack charge sick strike set at ambush set upon set on rob sic swarm rush tear into fly at sack pitch into light into invade round on descend (on or upon) beat up on bomb loot surprise turn (on) bushwhack assail mob beset go at pounce (on or upon) nuke jump (on) plunder cannon go in (on) blitz mug barrage buffet batter flank bum-rush harry pillage ravage ambuscade surprize plaster foray bombard press bang away (at) overrun waylay besiege cannonade gang up (on) envelop beleaguer Antonyms & Near Antonyms protect cover defend guard secure shield
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