dregs
- noun
- /drɛɡz/
:
posos
- But downward purged the black Tartarius cold infernal dregs adverse to life.
Examples
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NO ONE HERE BUT THE SWEEPINGS, THE DREGS, THE ABSOLUTE DREGS OF PARIS.
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* AND SO I STARE AT THE DREGS OF THE EARTH *
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This, to me, is the dregs of a thing.
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This is not some boogeyman from like the dark dregs of society.
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This is not some boogeyman from like the dark dregs of society.
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No bees and no clean white snow, rather these dirty dregs with old tennis balls frozen into them.
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Chief Dregs of Society
Blog text (31) -
NO ONE HERE BUT THE SWEEPINGS, THE DREGS, THE ABSOLUTE DREGS OF PARIS.
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Deng delivers a speech entitled "We Faced a Rebellious Clique and Dregs of Society" (p. 154).
Academic text (1990) -
After brewing the coffee, I noticed the dregs settled at the bottom of the cup.
Synonyms
15
8.8
A small amount of leftover bits at the bottom of a drink
11
3.5
Small coffee or tea bits left at the bottom of a cup
1
9.9
Tiny solid bits that settle at the bottom of wine or beer as it is made
Solid bits that settle at the bottom of a liquid during brewing
Small particles that sink to the bottom of a liquid
How Despised
- Offensive
- Offensive
17
8.2
- Offensive
8
6.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dregs originally meant the small bits that settle at the bottom of a drink — the 'leftovers' you find in a cup after pouring. That's why calling something 'the dregs' means the last or worst part that remains.