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Antonyms for rubbish

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ruhb-ish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌb ɪʃ


Definition of rubbish

Origin :
  • c.1400, robous, from Anglo-French rubouses (late 14c.), of unknown origin. No apparent cognates in Old French; apparently somehow related to rubble (see OED). Spelling with -ish is from late 15c. The verb sense of "disparage, criticize harshly" is first attested 1953 in Australian and New Zealand slang. Related: Rubbished; rubbishing.
  • noun garbage
  • noun nonsense
Example sentences :
  • He began to rebuild the palace and ordered that the rubbish be removed from the temples.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • It seemed to her that even Enoch might take the hint, and clear away his rubbish.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • That is all rubbish,” he said; “people ought to stick to their own country.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • As he left the dining-room he stumbled over a heap of rubbish in the passage.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • Dirty finger-prints were on the hall-windows, flue and rubbish on its unwashed boards.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • As for her tryin' to coax him to leave her money, that's just rubbish.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Keep the room clean and free of miscellaneous tools and rubbish.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • Then, with a hand-broom and pan, she took these up and with them any other rubbish that might be lying about.
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Do you forget that all this rubbish does n't go down with me?
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • She caught sight then of the heap of rubbish that had been the house, all misty in the cloud of dust.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad

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