What is another word for dregs?
Pronunciation:
[ dɹˈɛɡz], [ dɹˈɛɡz], [ d_ɹ_ˈɛ_ɡ_z]
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Similar words for dregs:
- bad person (noun)
- chaff (noun)
- crud (noun)
- debris (noun)
- deposit (noun)
- dirt (noun)
- dross (noun)
- end (noun)
- filth (noun)
- garbage (noun)
- object (noun)
- refuse (noun)
- remainder (noun)
- remnant (noun)
- residue (noun)
- residues (noun)
- rest (noun)
- scum (noun)
- smuttiness (noun)
- waste (noun)
Synonyms for Dregs:
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n.
• bad person • chaff • crud • debris • deposit • dirt • dross • end • filth • garbage • object • refuse • remainder • remnant • residue- Filings ,
- afterglow ,
- afterimage ,
- artifact ,
- chaff ,
- detritus ,
- leftovers ,
- precipitate ,
- sawdust ,
- slag ,
- vestige .
Other synonyms:
- Minutiae ,
- adjunct ,
- dead wood ,
- detail ,
- inessentials ,
- irrelevance ,
- lees ,
- non-issue ,
- nothing ,
- stuff ,
- trivia .
- condensation ,
- drop ,
- jet ,
- leak ,
- moisture ,
- refuse ,
- riffraff ,
- river ,
- sip ,
- spatter ,
- splash ,
- trash ,
- trickle .
Other relevant words:
- Accroach ,
- Argol ,
- Ashes ,
- Canaille ,
- Deads ,
- Deadwood ,
- Diluvium ,
- Draff ,
- Educt ,
- Heeltap ,
- Leavings ,
- Offscum ,
- Orts ,
- Plebs ,
- Raff ,
- Recrement ,
- Remanent ,
- Scoriae ,
- Sordes ,
- Sweepings ,
- absorb ,
- accumulation ,
- adversity ,
- alluvion ,
- alluvium ,
- appease ,
- ash ,
- bad ,
- be ,
- bide ,
- bones ,
- breathe ,
- candle ends ,
- cast-offs ,
- cattle ,
- cause ,
- chaotic ,
- cinder ,
- cinders ,
- clean out ,
- clear away ,
- clear decks ,
- clear off ,
- clear out ,
- clinker ,
- come to grief ,
- commonalty ,
- commoners ,
- confiscate ,
- crap ,
- crud ,
- culm ,
- curtilage ,
- decayed ,
- deposition ,
- deranged ,
- despoil ,
- detain ,
- dirt ,
- dirty ,
- dishwater ,
- disordered ,
- disorderly ,
- disorganized ,
- displume ,
- distrain ,
- divest ,
- down-and-outs ,
- drain ,
- draw off ,
- dreg ,
- dregs of society ,
- drossiness ,
- dry ,
- dust ,
- dwell ,
- eject ,
- ember ,
- empty ,
- end ,
- evidence ,
- excess ,
- excrement ,
- exhaust ,
- exist ,
- faeces ,
- feces ,
- fetid ,
- filthy ,
- fleece ,
- foul ,
- fragments ,
- froth ,
- garbage ,
- gash ,
- goo ,
- great unwashed ,
- ground ,
- gut ,
- hogwash ,
- hoi polloi ,
- hold ,
- horde ,
- husk ,
- husks ,
- ill ,
- impoverish ,
- incoherent ,
- junk ,
- keep ,
- leftover ,
- levy ,
- lie ,
- linger ,
- litter ,
- live ,
- loess ,
- losers ,
- lousy ,
- lower classes ,
- lumber ,
- mass ,
- masses ,
- messy ,
- mire ,
- mob ,
- moraine ,
- mother ,
- muck ,
- mud ,
- odds and ends ,
- offal ,
- offals ,
- offscourings ,
- ooze ,
- oust ,
- outcasts ,
- pariahs ,
- paring ,
- parings ,
- peasantry ,
- persevere ,
- persist ,
- poor ,
- potsherds ,
- precipitation ,
- prevail ,
- proletariat ,
- purge ,
- putrid ,
- quell ,
- rabble ,
- rag ,
- rags ,
- ragtag and bobtail ,
- rasping ,
- raspings ,
- reason ,
- refuses ,
- rejects ,
- relic ,
- remain ,
- remains ,
- reside ,
- residual ,
- residuary ,
- residuum ,
- rest ,
- result ,
- riff-raff ,
- rinsing ,
- rotten ,
- rotting ,
- rout ,
- rubbish ,
- rubbish heap ,
- rubble ,
- ruins ,
- scoria ,
- scouring ,
- scourings ,
- scrap ,
- scrap iron ,
- scraps ,
- scum of the earth ,
- scums ,
- sequester ,
- sequestrate ,
- settlings ,
- shabby ,
- shard ,
- shards ,
- shaving ,
- shavings ,
- shear ,
- shoddy ,
- sick ,
- silt ,
- sing small ,
- sinter ,
- skeleton ,
- slack ,
- slime ,
- slop ,
- slops ,
- sludge ,
- small fry ,
- smut ,
- smuttiness ,
- soil ,
- solids ,
- soot ,
- sprue ,
- stand ,
- stay ,
- storage area ,
- store room ,
- strip ,
- stubble ,
- stump ,
- sublimate ,
- suck ,
- surplus ,
- swallow up ,
- sweep off ,
- swill ,
- swinish multitude ,
- tare ,
- tares ,
- tramps ,
- trashes ,
- unwashed ,
- uphold ,
- useless ,
- usurp ,
- vermin ,
- wastage ,
- waste ,
- waste matter ,
- wastepaper ,
- weed ,
- weeds ,
- wreck ,
- yard .
- Alluvia ,
- Alluviums ,
- Deltas ,
- Scobs ,
- bits and pieces ,
- bottom of barrel ,
- carry over ,
- carry-over ,
- carryover ,
- carryovers ,
- cruddiness ,
- debris ,
- delta ,
- deposit ,
- dross ,
- end piece ,
- grounds ,
- grout ,
- grouts ,
- hangover ,
- oddment ,
- overplus ,
- remainder ,
- remnant ,
- residua ,
- residuals ,
- residue ,
- scrapings ,
- scum ,
- sediment ,
- sinters ,
- uncleanliness ,
- uncleanness .
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How to use "Dregs" in context?
When we think of Dirty Water, our mind typically goes to pools and bodies of water that are visibly dirty. However, Dirty Water can also refer to wastewater that has been polluted with pollutants such as chemicals, oils and grease, and heavy metals. dregs are the settleÂÂments at the bottom of a liquid or solid containing pollutants. Dregs can be a sign of photoÂÂdegradation, which is the process of degradeÂÂment of environmental photoÂÂdegraÂÂdaÂÂtors caused by the action of sun, wind, rain, snow and other natural factors.
Paraphrases for Dregs:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Independent
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Noun, plural
Slums, enterprises, residues, shallows, treatments.
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Noun, plural
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Other Related
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Noun, plural
husks.
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Noun, plural
Homophones for Dregs:
- data hierarchy, darkey, data track, darkish, dyarchy, draco, doric, darkie, dye-works, dairy cow, dieresis, dross, dryas, drayhorse, Darius I, dark, dirk, derris, diarchy, deterge, do drugs, drosky, dragee, doorcase, derrick, darky, dork, duress, deodorise, drug, doris, Druze, deodorize, dray horse, drake, dress, dressage, dietrich, diarrheic, drawers, drogue, diuresis, do work, durazzo, deodourise, diaeresis, dry wash, dark ages, diarrhoeic, Darius Iii, dr. j, dry ice, drowse, durga, droshky, dreck, Dr. Seuss, durres, dreg, dirge, drag, dressy, Druse, dirca, dirac, drowsy.
Hyponym for Dregs:
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- Synonyms:
- bound bailiff.