Dregs
/dreɡz/
Part of Speech: Noun
Sediment, discard, and other remnants from the bottom of a container.
"He mistook the mother in the apple cider vinager for dregs."
Connotations
neutral
Synonyms
sedimentwaste
Part of Speech: Adjective
The most worthless, or bottommost, parts of something.
"The dregs of society hang around these parts of town."
Connotations
negative
Synonyms
scum