" trash "

1: discarded or useless material;

  * e.g., " ... the neighbor's dog was rooting around in our trash this morning "

•  Synonyms : 

•  chaff,

•  deadwood,

•  debris,

•  dreck,

•  dross,

•  dust,

•  effluvium,

•  garbage,

•  junk,

•  litter,

•  offal,

•  offscouring,

•  raffle,

•  refuse,

•  riffraff,

•  rubbish,

•  scrap,

•  spilth,

•  truck,

•  waste

•  Antonyms : 

•  A-list,

•  aristocracy,

•  elite,

•  gentry,

•  quality,

•  society,

•  upper class,

•  upper crust

2: language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense;

  * e.g., " ... don't talk trash to me! "

•  Synonyms : 

•  applesauce,

•  balderdash,

•  baloney,

•  beans,

•  bilge,

•  blah,

•  blarney,

•  blather,

•  blatherskite,

•  blither,

•  bosh,

•  bull,

•  bunk,

•  bunkum,

•  claptrap,

•  codswallop,

•  crapola,

•  crock,

•  drivel,

•  drool,

•  fiddle,

•  fiddle-faddle,

•  fiddlesticks,

•  flannel,

•  flapdoodle,

•  folderol,

•  folly,

•  foolishness,

•  fudge,

•  garbage,

•  guff,

•  hogwash,

•  hokeypokey,

•  hokum,

•  hoodoo,

•  hooey,

•  horsefeathers,

•  humbug,

•  humbuggery,

•  jazz,

•  malarkey,

•  moonshine,

•  muck,

•  nerts,

•  nonsense,

•  nuts,

•  piffle,

•  poppycock,

•  punk,

•  rot,

•  rubbish,

•  senselessness,

•  silliness,

•  slush,

•  stupidity,

•  taradiddle,

•  tommyrot,

•  tosh,

•  trumpery,

•  twaddle

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class;

  * e.g., " ... snooty people who thought that we were trash because we were in the cleaning business "

•  Synonyms : 

•  proletariat,

•  rabble,

•  rabblement,

•  ragtag and bobtail,

•  riffraff,

•  rout,

•  scum,

•  tag, rag, and bobtail,

•  unwashed

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in belittler, ridiculer;

•  Synonyms : 

•  baiter,

•  harasser,

•  heckler,

•  mocker,

•  needler,

•  persecutor,

•  quiz,

•  quizzer,

•  ridiculer,

•  taunter,

•  tease,

•  teaser,

•  tormentor,

•  torturer,

•  belittler,

•  derider,

•  detractor,

•  giber,

•  insulter,

•  jeerer,

•  scoffer,

•  scorner,

•  smart aleck,

•  smarty,

•  smarty-pants,

•  wiseacre,

•  wise guy,

•  assailant,

•  attacker,

•  molester,

•  victimizer,

•  kidder,

•  lampooner,

•  satirist,

•  accuser,

•  blamer,

•  troublemaker,

•  bother,

•  disturber,

•  pest

•  Antonyms : 

•  defender,

•  deliverer,

•  guard,

•  protector,

•  rescuer,

•  savior,

•  comforter,

•  solace,

•  soother,

•  succorer,

•  bodyguard,

•  champion

1: as in belittlers, ridiculers;

•  Synonyms : 

•  baiters,

•  harassers,

•  hecklers,

•  mockers,

•  needlers,

•  persecutors,

•  quizzers,

•  quizzes,

•  ridiculers,

•  taunters,

•  teasers,

•  teases,

•  tormentors,

•  torturers,

•  belittlers,

•  deriders,

•  detractors,

•  gibers,

•  insulters,

•  jeerers,

•  scoffers,

•  scorners,

•  smart alecks,

•  smarties,

•  smarty-pants,

•  wiseacres,

•  wise guys,

•  assailants,

•  attackers,

•  molesters,

•  victimizers,

•  kidders,

•  lampooners,

•  satirists,

•  accusers,

•  blamers,

•  troublemakers,

•  bothers,

•  disturbers,

•  pests

•  Antonyms : 

•  defenders,

•  deliverers,

•  guards,

•  protectors,

•  rescuers,

•  saviors,

•  comforters,

•  solaces,

•  soothers,

•  succorers,

•  bodyguards,

•  champions

1: to criticize harshly and usually publicly;

  * e.g., " ... a stand-up comedian who humorously trashes the motley crew of people who bug her "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abuse,

•  assail,

•  attack,

•  bash,

•  belabor,

•  blast,

•  castigate,

•  excoriate,

•  jump (on),

•  lambaste,

•  potshot,

•  savage,

•  scathe,

•  slam,

•  vituperate

•  Antonyms : 

•  acclaim,

•  applaud,

•  exalt,

•  extol,

•  glorify,

•  laud,

•  magnify,

•  praise

2: to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property;

  * e.g., " ... someone had broken into the gym and trashed the decorations for the dance "

•  Synonyms : 

•  deface,

•  vandalize

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to express scornfully one's low opinion of;

  * e.g., " ... a club member who trashes every idea that isn't hers "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bad-mouth,

•  belittle,

•  cry down,

•  decry,

•  denigrate,

•  deprecate,

•  depreciate,

•  derogate,

•  diminish,

•  dis,

•  discount,

•  dismiss,

•  disparage,

•  kiss off,

•  minimize,

•  play down,

•  poor-mouth,

•  put down,

•  run down,

•  talk down,

•  trash-talk,

•  vilipend,

•  write off

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to express scornfully one's low opinion of;

  * e.g., " ... began to trash-talk the opposing players the minute they got on the field "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bad-mouth,

•  belittle,

•  cry down,

•  decry,

•  denigrate,

•  deprecate,

•  depreciate,

•  derogate,

•  diminish,

•  dis,

•  discount,

•  dismiss,

•  disparage,

•  kiss off,

•  minimize,

•  play down,

•  poor-mouth,

•  put down,

•  run down,

•  talk down,

•  trash,

•  vilipend,

•  write off

•  Antonyms : 

•  acclaim,

•  applaud,

•  exalt,

•  extol,

•  glorify,

•  laud,

•  magnify,

•  praise

1: to express scornfully one's low opinion of;

  * e.g., " ... began to trash-talk the opposing players the minute they got on the field "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bad-mouthed,

•  belittled,

•  cried down,

•  decried,

•  denigrated,

•  deprecated,

•  depreciated,

•  derogated,

•  diminished,

•  discounted,

•  dismissed,

•  disparaged,

•  dissed,

•  kissed off,

•  minimized,

•  played down,

•  poor-mouthed,

•  put down,

•  ran down,

•  talked down,

•  trashed,

•  vilipended,

•  wrote off

•  Antonyms : 

•  acclaimed,

•  applauded,

•  exalted,

•  extolled,

•  glorified,

•  lauded,

•  magnified,

•  praised

1: to express scornfully one's low opinion of;

  * e.g., " ... began to trash-talk the opposing players the minute they got on the field "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bad-mouths,

•  belittles,

•  cries down,

•  decries,

•  denigrates,

•  deprecates,

•  depreciates,

•  derogates,

•  diminishes,

•  discounts,

•  dismisses,

•  disparages,

•  disses,

•  kisses off,

•  minimizes,

•  plays down,

•  poor-mouths,

•  puts down,

•  runs down,

•  talks down,

•  trashes,

•  vilipends,

•  writes off

•  Antonyms : 

•  acclaims,

•  applauds,

•  exalts,

•  extols,

•  glorifies,

•  lauds,

•  magnifies,

•  praises

1: to express scornfully one's low opinion of;

  * e.g., " ... began to trash-talk the opposing players the minute they got on the field "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bad-mouthing,

•  belittling,

•  crying down,

•  decrying,

•  denigrating,

•  deprecating,

•  depreciating,

•  derogating,

•  diminishing,

•  discounting,

•  dismissing,

•  disparaging,

•  dissing,

•  kissing off,

•  minimizing,

•  playing down,

•  poor-mouthing,

•  putting down,

•  running down,

•  talking down,

•  trashing,

•  vilipending,

•  writing off

•  Antonyms : 

•  acclaiming,

•  applauding,

•  exalting,

•  extolling,

•  glorifying,

•  lauding,

•  magnifying,

•  praising