Rubbishy vs Rubbish - What's the difference?
rubbishy | rubbish |
(chiefly, AU, NZ, British, colloquial) Exceedingly bad; awful; terrible; crappy.
(colloquial) Expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.
Expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense.
Garbage, junk, refuse, waste.
Nonsense.
Fragments of buildings; ruins; debris.
* Dryden
To denounce, to criticise, to denigrate, to disparage.
As adjectives the difference between rubbishy and rubbish
is that rubbishy is strewn with litter while rubbish is exceedingly bad; awful; terrible; crappy.As an interjection rubbish is
expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.As a noun rubbish is
garbage, junk, refuse, waste.As a verb rubbish is
to denounce, to criticise, to denigrate, to disparage.rubbish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This has been a rubbish day, and it's about to get worse: my mother-in-law is coming to stay.
Interjection
- The one day I actually practice my violin, the teacher cancels the lesson.
- Aw, rubbish ! Though at least this means you have time to play football...
- Rubbish! I did nothing of the sort!
Synonyms
* (expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense) nonsense, bullshit, bollocksNoun
(wikipedia rubbish) (-)- The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham.
- Everything the teacher said during that lesson was rubbish . How can she possibly think that a bass viol and a cello are the same thing?
- He saw the town's one half in rubbish lie.
