Dregs
noun
The most worthless part or parts of something.
She was the dregs of the society, disregarded by all.
Often appears as...
- dregs of society
- dregs of the cup
noun
The remnants or very last portion, especially of a drink.
I was left with the dregs of the coffee, which was now cold and unappealing.
Often appears as...
- dregs of coffee
- drink the dregs
noun
The most worthless part or parts of something.
She was the dregs of the society, disregarded by all.
Often appears as...
- dregs of society
- dregs of the cup
noun
The remnants or very last portion, especially of a drink.
I was left with the dregs of the coffee, which was now cold and unappealing.
Often appears as...
- dregs of coffee
- drink the dregs
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'dregs' may imply strong disapproval or disdain for the described person or thing.
The once-promising startup was now seen as the dregs of the industry.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
'Dregs' can be used metaphorically to describe the lowest quality or status within any group.
He was considered the dregs of his class, barely scraping by in his studies.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literal
When referring to people or abstract concepts, 'dregs' is not taken literally but understood as a figure of speech.
The poet wrote of love as the dregs of human experience, tainted and spoiled.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'dregs' may imply strong disapproval or disdain for the described person or thing.
The once-promising startup was now seen as the dregs of the industry.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
'Dregs' can be used metaphorically to describe the lowest quality or status within any group.
He was considered the dregs of his class, barely scraping by in his studies.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literal
When referring to people or abstract concepts, 'dregs' is not taken literally but understood as a figure of speech.
The poet wrote of love as the dregs of human experience, tainted and spoiled.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'dregs' may imply strong disapproval or disdain for the described person or thing.
The once-promising startup was now seen as the dregs of the industry.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
'Dregs' can be used metaphorically to describe the lowest quality or status within any group.
He was considered the dregs of his class, barely scraping by in his studies.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literal
When referring to people or abstract concepts, 'dregs' is not taken literally but understood as a figure of speech.
The poet wrote of love as the dregs of human experience, tainted and spoiled.
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Video examples
Sherwin Nuland: How...
that, based on my life's history as I portray it in the books, my early life's history, I am someone who has overcome adversity, that I am someone who has drunk -- drank? -- drunk of the bitter dregs of near-disaster in childhood
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Windows of the Soul: My...
in the dregs of the sewer there and this is just how kids play in Gaza this is just how it is you know I know all your parents out there say huh because the rust the barbed wire it's just like that you know
Video examples
Sherwin Nuland: How...
that, based on my life's history as I portray it in the books, my early life's history, I am someone who has overcome adversity, that I am someone who has drunk -- drank? -- drunk of the bitter dregs of near-disaster in childhood
Video examples
Windows of the Soul: My...
in the dregs of the sewer there and this is just how kids play in Gaza this is just how it is you know I know all your parents out there say huh because the rust the barbed wire it's just like that you know
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Quote examples
Adrienne C. Moore
American Actress
We think of our prison inmates as the dregs of society, and we scorn them and push them off to the side and forget about them. We have to remember that they are humans, and they have rights, and yes, they did wrong, but we all have one shot at doing wrong, you know?
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James Righton
English Musician
There was a lack of inspiration in London. There were a lot of dregs of the Libertines' movement, and we didn't want to do that. We wanted big melodies and hooks, organic melodies that could fall apart at any moment.
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Jonathan Raymond
American Writer
People get into debt head over heels because banks make it so easy to do so. Then the banks come along and act like these people who can't or won't pay their bills are the dregs of society.
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Rumi
Poet
Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold, Through Love all dregs will become wine, through Love all pain will turn to medicine.
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T. S. Eliot
American Poet
If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby 'it.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
Most poets are elitist dregs more concerned with proving their skill with a dictionary than communicating ideas with impact.
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Eric Hoffer
American Writer
A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come.
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George MacDonald
Scottish Novelist
It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.
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Damon Hill
British Athlete
Last year was a lifetime, a whole career in one season. We went from being the dregs to winners.
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Theo Van Gogh
Dutch Director
Ah, I hope to live to 87 and drink from the the goblet of life to the dregs.
Quote examples
Adrienne C. Moore
American Actress
We think of our prison inmates as the dregs of society, and we scorn them and push them off to the side and forget about them. We have to remember that they are humans, and they have rights, and yes, they did wrong, but we all have one shot at doing wrong, you know?
Quote examples
James Righton
English Musician
There was a lack of inspiration in London. There were a lot of dregs of the Libertines' movement, and we didn't want to do that. We wanted big melodies and hooks, organic melodies that could fall apart at any moment.
Quote examples
Jonathan Raymond
American Writer
People get into debt head over heels because banks make it so easy to do so. Then the banks come along and act like these people who can't or won't pay their bills are the dregs of society.
Quote examples
Rumi
Poet
Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold, Through Love all dregs will become wine, through Love all pain will turn to medicine.
Quote examples
T. S. Eliot
American Poet
If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby 'it.
Quote examples
Henry Rollins
American Musician
Most poets are elitist dregs more concerned with proving their skill with a dictionary than communicating ideas with impact.
Quote examples
Eric Hoffer
American Writer
A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come.
Quote examples
George MacDonald
Scottish Novelist
It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.
Quote examples
Damon Hill
British Athlete
Last year was a lifetime, a whole career in one season. We went from being the dregs to winners.
Quote examples
Theo Van Gogh
Dutch Director
Ah, I hope to live to 87 and drink from the the goblet of life to the dregs.
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