For many people, drug dealers and corporate attorneys are the dregs of society.
Source: tatoeba (596994)
Dregs
//dɹɛɡz//
Synonyms for "dregs" (144 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (72)
raffragragsragtag and bobtailraspingraspingsrefuseremainsresidueriffraffrinsingroutrubbishscoriascouringscouringsscrapscrap ironscrapsscum
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scum of the earthsedimentsettlingsshardshardsshavingshavingssiltsinterslackslagslopslopssmutsoilsons of belialsons of mensootsordesstubblesublimatesweepingsswillswinish multitudetaretaresthe badthe evilthe reprobatethe unrighteousthe wickedtrashunwashedverminwastagewastewaste matterwastepaperweedweeds
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Translations
142 translations across 53 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- afsaksel noun (settled sediment)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- σκύβαλον noun (the worst and lowest)
- τρύξ noun (settled sediment)
Arabic
2 entries- تُفْل noun (settled sediment)
- حُثالَة noun (the worst and lowest)
Armenian
4 entries- դիրտ noun (settled sediment)
- մրուր noun (settled sediment)
- նստվածք noun (settled sediment)
- տականք noun (settled sediment)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ута́йка noun (settled sediment)
Catalan
2 entries- pòsit noun (settled sediment)
- solatge noun (settled sediment)
Central Kurdish
4 entries- تِڵتە noun (settled sediment)
- تِڵف noun (settled sediment)
- تِڵپ noun (settled sediment)
- تِڵپە noun (settled sediment)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 渣滓 noun (the worst and lowest)
Chuvash
1 entries- лӗкӗ noun (settled sediment)
Czech
2 entries- sedlina noun (settled sediment)
- vyvrhel noun (the worst and lowest)
Danish
3 entries- bundfald noun (settled sediment)
- bundfald noun (the worst and lowest)
- bærme noun (the worst and lowest)
Dutch
3 entries- bezinksel noun (settled sediment)
- drab noun (settled sediment)
- droesem noun (settled sediment)
Eastern Mari
4 entries- куча noun (settled sediment)
- румбык noun (settled sediment)
- шундем noun (settled sediment)
- шундык noun (settled sediment)
Esperanto
4 entries- aĉoj noun (the worst and lowest)
- aĉuloj noun (the worst and lowest)
- feĉo noun (settled sediment)
- feĉo noun (the worst and lowest)
Finnish
4 entries- pohjasakka noun (the worst and lowest)
- porot noun (settled sediment)
- roskajoukko noun (the worst and lowest)
- roskaväki noun (the worst and lowest)
French
2 entries- lie noun (settled sediment)
- lie noun (the worst and lowest)
Gagauz
1 entries- çöküntü noun (settled sediment)
Galician
1 entries- borra noun (settled sediment)
Georgian
1 entries- ცხიმოვანი ნარჩენები noun (settled sediment)
German
4 entries- Abschaum noun (the worst and lowest)
- Bodensatz noun (settled sediment)
- Dreck noun (the worst and lowest)
- Feststoff noun (settled sediment)
Greek
1 entries- κατακάθι noun (settled sediment)
Hebrew
1 entries- מִשְׁקָע noun (settled sediment)
Hindi
1 entries- तलछट noun (settled sediment)
Icelandic
4 entries- botnfall noun (settled sediment)
- dreggjar noun (settled sediment)
- sori noun (the worst and lowest)
- úrhrak noun (the worst and lowest)
Indonesian
1 entries- ampas noun (settled sediment)
Ingrian
1 entries- rapa noun (settled sediment)
Irish
4 entries- amhaisc noun (settled sediment)
- dríodar noun (settled sediment)
- gríodán noun (settled sediment)
- moirt noun (settled sediment)
Italian
2 entries- feccia noun (the worst and lowest)
- sedimento noun (settled sediment)
Kalmyk
1 entries- шавхр noun (settled sediment)
Komi-Zyrian
3 entries- гудыр noun (settled sediment)
- неджӧг noun (settled sediment)
- пуксьӧм noun (settled sediment)
Latin
3 entries- faex noun (settled sediment)
- faex noun (the worst and lowest)
- sentina noun (the worst and lowest)
Latvian
1 entries- duļķes noun (settled sediment)
Māori
2 entries- waipara noun (settled sediment)
- whaipara noun (settled sediment)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تلوه noun (settled sediment)
Persian
2 entries- درد noun (settled sediment)
- لرد noun (settled sediment)
Polish
4 entries- fusy noun (settled sediment)
- męty noun (the worst and lowest)
- osad noun (settled sediment)
- szumowiny noun (the worst and lowest)
Portuguese
2 entries- borra noun (settled sediment)
- escória noun (the worst and lowest)
Romanian
4 entries- drojdie noun (settled sediment)
- drojdie noun (the worst and lowest)
- sediment noun (settled sediment)
- zaț noun (settled sediment)
Russian
4 entries- гу́ща noun (settled sediment)
- муть noun (settled sediment)
- оса́док noun (settled sediment)
- отбро́сы noun (settled sediment)
Sardinian
4 entries- feche noun (settled sediment)
- feghe noun (settled sediment)
- fexa noun (settled sediment)
- fexi noun (settled sediment)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- drabhas noun (settled sediment)
- druaip noun (settled sediment)
- grùid noun (settled sediment)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- talog noun (settled sediment)
- talog noun (settled sediment)
Southern Kurdish
1 entries- سِڵپ noun (settled sediment)
Spanish
4 entries- concho noun (settled sediment)
- culín noun (settled sediment)
- depósito noun (settled sediment)
- escoria noun (the worst and lowest)
Swedish
4 entries- avskum noun (the worst and lowest)
- bottensats noun (settled sediment)
- bottenskrap noun (the worst and lowest)
- drägg noun (settled sediment)
Tagalog
1 entries- laro noun (settled sediment)
Tajik
3 entries- дурда noun (settled sediment)
- таҳшин noun (settled sediment)
- шитта noun (settled sediment)
Udmurt
3 entries- маял noun (settled sediment)
- напра noun (settled sediment)
- пыды noun (settled sediment)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гу́ща noun (settled sediment)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cặn noun (settled sediment)
- cặn bã noun (the worst and lowest)
Welsh
4 entries- gwaddod noun (settled sediment)
- gwaddod noun (the worst and lowest)
- gwaelodion noun (settled sediment)
- gwaelodion noun (the worst and lowest)
Western Mari
2 entries- рӹвӹнзӹк noun (settled sediment)
- ӹрвӹнзӹк noun (settled sediment)
Yiddish
1 entries- הושטשע noun (settled sediment)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
How many thousands who have drained the voluptuous bowl of pleasure to the dregs have been reclaimed by suffering!
Source: tatoeba (1919862)
They soaked that clay bread in wine of very old dregs.
Source: tatoeba (7351062)
They soaked that bread, solid as clay, in very old dregs of wine.
Source: tatoeba (7351071)
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