1. Worthless material that is to be disposed of
   "The city implemented a new system for collecting and processing rubbish";
   - trash, scrap, junk [informal], garbage, refuse
    
2. [informal] Statements or beliefs that are untrue or make no sense
   "He dismissed the conspiracy theory as pure rubbish";
   - bunk [informal], bunkum [informal], buncombe [informal], guff [informal], rot [informal], hogwash [informal], flapdoodle [N. Amer, informal], Irish bull [slang], rhubarb [Brit, informal], bilge [informal], junk [informal], bull [slang], nonsense, jive [N. Amer, informal], bushwah [N. Amer, informal], bushwa [N. Amer, informal], folderol, tripe [informal], trumpery [archaic], trash [informal], wish-wash [informal], applesauce [N. Amer, informal], codswallop [Brit, informal], falderal, drivel, garbage

1. Attack strongly
   "The critic rubbished the new play in his review"

1. Very bad
   "a rubbish play";
   - icky [informal], lousy [informal], rotten [informal], stinking [informal], stinky [informal], crummy [informal], dire [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: rubbishing, rubbishes, rubbished

See also: bad

Type of: assail, assault, attack, content, lash out, message, round, subject matter, substance, waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product

Encyclopedia: Rubbish, King of the Jumble