rabble

• Nom désignant une foule désordonnée, bruyante ou indisciplinée de personnes, souvent utilisé de manière péjorative pour évoquer le bas peuple ou la populace.

A noun referring to a disorderly, noisy, or unruly crowd of people, often used in a derogatory sense to describe the common populace.

1. Disorderly crowdC1formal

   A large, noisy, and uncontrolled group of people.

   Foule désordonnée

   • The rabble gathered in the square, shouting and pushing.
   • A rabble of protesters blocked the entrance to the building.
   • The police were called to disperse the rabble.

   Synonymescrowdherdhordemassmobmultitudepackpressswarmthrong

2. Common people (derogatory)C1informal

   A derogatory term used to refer to ordinary people, especially those considered to be of low social status.

   populace

   • The aristocrat looked down on the rabble.
   • He dismissed the opinions of the rabble as unimportant.
   • The politician's speech was aimed at the rabble, not the elite.

   Synonymeshoi polloimobpopulaceproletariatriffraffscum

   Antonymesaristocracyelitegentrynobilityupper class