dishrag

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noun

Synonym of dishcloth (but now widely held to connote a threadbare and unclean nature versus that synonym).

“You're not going out like that! You look like a dishrag!”

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dishcloth
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Meanings

noundishrag (plural dishrags)

plural dishrags

  1. Synonym of dishcloth (but now widely held to connote a threadbare and unclean nature versus that synonym).

    Synonyms: dishcloth

  2. slangAn unclean person; used in similes.

    You're not going out like that! You look like a dishrag!

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of dishcloth (but now widely held to connote a threadbare and unclean nature versus that synonym).

Similar
dishcloth

More synonyms by meaning

nouna cloth for washing dishes

Similar
dishcloth
Broader
piece of clothpiece of material
Also see
dishcloth

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From dish + rag.

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Translations

Catalan baieta
  • baietapiece of cloth
Finnish tiskirätti
  • tiskirättipiece of cloth
German Spüllappen
  • Spüllappenpiece of cloth
Polish ścierka do naczyń, ścierka kuchenna
  • ścierka do naczyńpiece of cloth
  • ścierka kuchennapiece of cloth
  • ręcznik kuchennypiece of cloth
  • brudasunclean person
  • brudaskaunclean person
  • kocmołuchunclean person
Swedish disktrasa, trashank
  • disktrasapiece of cloth
  • trashankunclean person
Cite this entry
APA

dishrag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dishrag

MLA

“dishrag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dishrag. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dishrag,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dishrag.

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