offscouring

offscouring

noun

Definition of OFFSCOURING

1

discarded or useless material <the foundry's offscouring was the neighborhood's eyesore>

Synonyms chaff, deadwood, debris, dreck (also drek), dross, dust, effluvium (also effluvia), junk, litter, offal, offscouring, raffle, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, spilth, trash, truck, waste

Related Words crud, sewage, slop, swill, wash; detritus, remains, rubble, ruins; dump, scrap heap; lumber, odds and ends, trumpery; flotsam, jetsam, wreckage; castoff, cull, discard, hand-me-down, reject, throwaway; nothing, straw, two bits

Near Antonyms catch, gem, goody (or goodie), jewel, pearl, plum, prize, treasure, treasure trove, trove, valuable; booty, find, salvage

2

one who is cast out or rejected by society <the hills are controlled by bandits and other unsavory offscourings who have taken up a life outside the law>

Synonyms castaway, castoff, leper, offscouring, pariah, reject

Related Words untouchable; outsider; deportee, exile

Near Antonyms insider