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