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drek

drek

1 9.9
Something of very low quality that you throw away
  • noun
  • /drɛk/
  • Offensive
translation icon : porquería
  • Wow, there's a lot of drek in there still, even after what must have been a lot of clean-up.

Examples

  • After reading that review, I realized the book was just another piece of drek that I should avoid.

  • They are, after all, the purveyors of Honey Boo Boo Child and other such redneck drek, which threatens to completely drain our minds.

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  • Not a few of us have been suffering through the drek known as Spirit and Song.

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  • Skip the last and fifth season -- drek.

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  • Granted, it has interesting characters and witty dialogue, but everything else is drek.

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  • You have bought into every single propagandist bilge-drek the Arab political machine has spewed out.

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  • I confess to skimming some posts, but overall I will acknowledge some resistance to self-publishing, not at any author in particular, but because self-publishing results in an even greater flood of drek released upon the market.

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  • The movie was full of drek and wasn't worth the time it took to watch.

  • I can't believe people enjoy that drek; it's just poorly made and unoriginal.

Synonyms

filth
vsdrek
46 2.0

Dirt and disgusting things that make a place very dirty

is used for worthlessness or trashiness rather than literal dirt
dreck
vsdrek
  • Slang
7 9.9

Poor-quality items that are not worth buying

is a general term for trashy or disgusting low quality things
dross
vsdrek
4 9.6

Waste material that forms on the surface of melted metal and is removed

is a broader insult meaning trash or worthless material, not just by-product
cack
vsdrek
  • Offensive
9.9

Something of very poor quality not worth buying

is a more neutral label for poor quality rather than slangy usage
grot
vsdrek
  • Slang
9.9

Dirty mess or rubbish that makes a place unpleasant

is about poor quality or value rather than physical dirt or mess

Antonyms

676 1.1

Valuable items like gold or jewels that people keep

gem
47 1.3

A small valuable stone cut and polished for use in jewelry or decoration

How Worthless

filth
46 2.0
drek
  • Offensive
1 9.9
trash
  • US
444 1.0
junk
373 1.1
scrap
179 2.1

Surface Forms

drek singular
dreks plural

Etymology

Drek comes from Yiddish and German dreck, which means 'dirt' or 'filth'. So when people call a film or book drek, they mean it is 'trash' or very low quality.