Meanings
- uncountableThe quality of being dreck (junk, garbage).
The Wrap's headline says of "Emoji's" depths of dreckness: "There Are No Words."
2017 July 28, Michael Cavna, “’The Emoji Movie’ has a zero score on Rotten Tomatoes. Here’s how critics are eviscerating the film.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 20172 more examples
In view of this monolithic corporation-sponsored drecknesss settling on the land, it's grotesque to work up a lather about a 20-watt alternative radio station.
1996 July 6, Stanley Poss, “Huge influence of big business is ever present”, in The Fresno Bee, Fresno, C.A.: The McClatchy Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 1Sappy dreckness itself can even work for a story. Kurt Vonnegut put it to good use, but he wasn't pretentious with it (IMO).
2005 May 12, Tom Keats, “the contrast!”, in rec.bicycles.misc (Usenet)Synonyms: dreckiness, dreckitude
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being dreck (junk, garbage).
Origin
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dreckness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreckness
“dreckness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreckness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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