Rubbish

//ˈɹʌbɪʃ//

Synonyms for "rubbish" (483 found)

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Strong matches (145)

Related words (241)

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Translations

94 translations across 25 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • глупости intj (used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue)
  • боклук noun (items of low quality)
  • глупости noun (nonsense)
  • руини noun (debris or ruins of buildings)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 垃圾 adj (exceedingly bad — see also awful)
  • 爛 /烂 adj (exceedingly bad — see also awful)
  • 廢話 /废话 intj (used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue)
  • 胡扯 intj (used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue)

Czech

1 entries
  • nesmysl noun (nonsense)

Danish

1 entries
  • vrøvl noun (nonsense)

Dutch

2 entries
  • onzin intj (used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue)
  • brol noun (items of low quality)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kurja adj (exceedingly bad — see also awful)
  • surkea adj (exceedingly bad — see also awful)
  • pahus intj (used to express that something is exceedingly bad)
  • roskaa intj (used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue)

French

4 entries
  • pourri adj (exceedingly bad — see also awful)
  • n'importe quoi intj (used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue)
  • absurdités noun (nonsense)
  • décombres noun (debris or ruins of buildings)

Georgian

1 entries
  • სისულელე intj (used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue)

German

4 entries
  • Müll intj (used to express that something is exceedingly bad)
  • Quatsch intj (used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue)
  • Blödsinn noun (nonsense)
  • Mist noun (nonsense)

Greek

2 entries
  • αηδία noun (nonsense)
  • τρίχες noun (nonsense)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • שטויות intj (used to express that something is exceedingly bad)

Hindi

1 entries
  • मलबा noun (debris or ruins of buildings)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • szemét intj (used to express that something is exceedingly bad)
  • badarság noun (nonsense)
  • butaság noun (nonsense)
  • hülyeség noun (nonsense)

Irish

1 entries
  • ráiméis noun (nonsense)

Italian

4 entries
  • assurdità intj (used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue)
  • corbelleria intj (used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue)
  • cretinata intj (used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue)
  • schifezza intj (used to express that something is exceedingly bad)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ゴミのような adj (exceedingly bad — see also awful)
  • 屑のような adj (exceedingly bad — see also awful)
  • くだらない intj (used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue)
  • ばかばかしい intj (used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue)

Korean

2 entries
  • 개털 noun (items of low quality)
  • 개털 noun (nonsense)

Māori

1 entries
  • meho intj (used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • مارده noun (items of low quality)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • horrível adj (exceedingly bad — see also awful)
  • besteira intj (used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue)
  • porcaria intj (used to express that something is exceedingly bad)
  • asneira noun (nonsense)

Russian

4 entries
  • вздор noun (nonsense)
  • ерунда́ noun (nonsense)
  • чепуха́ noun (nonsense)
  • чушь noun (nonsense)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • sgudal noun (nonsense)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bezvezarije noun (nonsense)
  • smeće noun (items of low quality)
  • smeće noun (nonsense)
  • šuta noun (debris or ruins of buildings)

Swahili

1 entries
  • upuuzi intj (used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue)

Swedish

1 entries
  • skitsnack noun (nonsense)

Sample sentences

44 total sentences available.

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"What shall we do with the rubbish, Mr Wood?" asked Pip.

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Get the rubbish out of the building.

Source: tatoeba (59453)

Burn this rubbish on the fire.

Source: tatoeba (61213)

They looked at the rubbish, then they looked at each other.

Source: tatoeba (63536)

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