DRECK Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

dreck

noun

ˈdrek

variants also drek

Definition of dreck

as in garbage

discarded or useless material he poured the dreck she called soup down the drain

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as in junk

that which is of low quality or worth can you believe that the gallery owner dares to call that dreck "art"?

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Recent Examples of dreck Even if a viewer doesn’t understand the underlying ideology, the memes can lead to more, and more overt, neo-Nazi dreck. — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026 And, man, there’s a lot of dreck. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 As with any high-volume enterprise, there was lots of forgettable dreck, but the Stanford’s series is the cream of the crop — curated by British film critic and writer David Thomson, who now lives in the Bay Area. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025 Told in flashback, the film traces the progress of producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) from B-movie dreck to A-list Oscar winners to box office flops. — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dreck

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Noun

Marcy had her hair tied up with a bow made from nylon cord and was bent over a fold-up kitchen counter rearranging wet garbage.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Polls show Farage is still likely to win, but that Count Binface — a spoof candidate who wears a garbage pail on his head — may get around 20-percent of the vote.

— Lauren Frayer, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of garbage

Noun

Several symbolic scenes, similarly unfolding in sinuous long takes—a ritualistic repetition of local habits at the junk yard, a formal dance of non-seduction at a luncheonette with a jukebox—lay bare the town’s ingrained and unyielding mores.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026
In a lengthy feature published Sunday, the New York Times unpacked how Oracle executive chairman and CTO Larry Ellison’s aggressive spending on AI has left his company so heavily leveraged that its bonds are nearing junk ratings.

— Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of junk

Noun

There’s local cheese dusted with bee pollen from the island’s own hives.

— Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
Bieber's carousel also included a video of herself working out at a gym and a photo in which she was seen holding a plate of meatballs topped with red sauce and cheese.

— Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of cheese

Noun

This comes at the expense of no movement in the wrist, but to be fair, having the lightsaber pointed in any other direction would look rubbish.

— Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Only construction waste will be accepted at the landfill such as, brush and rubbish, concrete, brick, rock, wood, paper, plastics, cardboard and roofing shingles and tiles.

— Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026

Definition of rubbish

Noun

Emory University’s Salamova, who studies indoor exposure, found levels of QACs in dust in daycare and assisted living care facilities to be about three times higher than in residential homes.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Korean lunar orbiter spots Falcon 9 crash site The collision was expected to create a crater about 60 feet wide and 12 feet deep and throw a plume of dust and rock outward into the air.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

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