riff-raff
Society's bottom dwellers
Riff-raff refers dismissively to people considered disreputable, worthless, or of low social standing—the rabble, the undesirables: We don't want that riff-raff in our neighborhood.
The term carries class snobbery, implying the speaker is above those being described.
It can also mean worthless stuff or rubbish.
Surface residue or lowlifes
- dregsResidue at bottom
- rabbleDisorderly, noisy crowd
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- verminHarmful small animals
lowlifes · hoodlums · thugs · ne'er-do-wells · hooligans · rascals · scoundrels · ruffians
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
- massesBulk or populace
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- crowdLarge public gathering
- plebeiansRoman lower classes
commoners · populace · multitude · throng · hoi polloi · great unwashed · proletariat · peasantry
Socially rejected individuals
- rejectsRefuses or discards
- misfitsThose who don't belong
- undesirablesUnwanted or objectionable persons
- castoffsAbandoned possessions
outcasts · untouchables · persona non grata · black sheep · ostracized · shunned · blacklisted · excluded
scum
Surface residue or lowlifes
vermin · lowlifes · hoodlums · thugs · ne'er-do-wells · hooligans · rascals · scoundrels · ruffians · good-for-nothings
mob
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
plebeians · commoners · populace · multitude · throng · hoi polloi · great unwashed · proletariat · peasantry · underclass
pariahs
Socially rejected individuals
- rejectsRefuses or discards
- misfitsThose who don't belong
- undesirablesUnwanted or objectionable persons
castoffs · outcasts · untouchables · persona non grata · black sheep · ostracized · shunned · blacklisted · excluded · unwelcome
riff-raffelite
Superior select group
aristocracy · nobility · upper class · gentry · high society
riff-raffcream of the crop
The very best
crème de la crème · VIPs · luminaries · dignitaries · notables