dregs

Noun

• sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
• a small amount of residue
• The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.
• The worst and lowest part of something.

Examples

• I sat through the dregs of a long hectic evening.
• the dregs of society

Synonyms

dreg, settlings, debris, deposit, draff, dross, exuviate, feculence, grounds, grouts, lees, loser, orts, outcast, rabble, refuse, residue, residuum, riffraff, rubbish, scum, sediment, settling, trash, trub