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rubbish
Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash.
"The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham."
(by extension) An item, or items, of low quality.
"Much of what they sell is rubbish."
(by extension) Nonsense.
"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?"
To criticize, to denigrate, to denounce, to disparage.
Exceedingly bad; awful.
"This has been a rubbish day, and it’s about to get worse: my mother-in-law is coming to stay."
Similar: abysmal, crappy, horrendous, shitty, terrible
Used to express that something is exceedingly bad, awful, or terrible.
"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."
Used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue; balderdash!, nonsense!
"Rubbish! I did nothing of the sort!"
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