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rubbishy

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Strewn with litter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cluttered, littered, trashy

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of little or no value; worthless.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: garbagey, junky, toshy, bastardly, blown, cacky, chaffy, cocking, crapalicious, cruddy, cullionly, draffish, draffy, dreckish, drecky, duffing, floccinaucinihilipilificatious, for the birds, fucking, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goodless, ineffectual, invaluable, jabberwocky, mouldy, mucid, naughty, no-account, no good / no-good, nonvaluable, not worth a damn, not worth a dime, not worth a plug nickel, not worth a brass farthing, not worth a cent, not worth a cress, not worth a curse, not worth a Continental, not worth a farthing, not worth hell room, not worth a nickel, not worth a penny, not worth salt, not worth a whistle, nought, of no value, pissass, punk, putid, rubbishly, rubbishy, sixpenny, scabbed, screwy, scummy, shand, shit, shitey, shitstained, shitty-ass, sorry-ass, strawlike, suckworthy, tenth-rate, trinkety, triobolar, tripy, two-bit, unappreciated, unvaluable, vain, valueless, worthless, worth nothing, wutless

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

cheap and inferior; of no value

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • rubbishy newspapers that form almost the sole reading of the majority
  • trashy merchandise

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: trashy

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English rubbish Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English rubbishy From rubbish + -y.