What does "dregs" mean?

The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.

What is a synonym for "dregs"?

Common synonyms include: lees, residue, sediment, afterings, alluvion, alluvium.

/dɹɛɡz/ noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Noun

1
The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine. plural, plural-normally
"For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full of mixture, and he powreth out of the same: but the dregges thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drinke them."
2
sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid wordnet
3
The worst and lowest part of something. figuratively, plural, plural-normally
"the dregs of society"

"For many people, drug dealers and corporate attorneys are the dregs of society."

See dreg.