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nebbishenUK
neb·bish N0042600 (nĕb′ĭsh)n. A person regarded as weak-willed or timid.
[Yiddish nebekh, poor, unfortunate, of Slavic origin; see bhag- in Indo-European roots.]
neb′bish·y adj.nebbish (ˈnɛbɪʃ) adj(of a man) timid and submissivena man who is timid and submissiveneb•bish (ˈnɛb ɪʃ)
n. Slang. a pitifully ineffectual, inept, and timid person. [1890–95; < Yiddish nebekh poor, unfortunate, probably < Slavic; compare Czech nebohý poor] neb′bish•y, adj. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | nebbish - (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpletonnebbechYiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew scriptsimpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense |
nebbishnounA totally insignificant person:cipher, nobody, nonentity, nothing.Informal: pip-squeak, zero.Slang: shrimp, zilch.TranslationsnebbishenUK
nebbishA weak, submissive, pitiful person, especially a man. Adapted from the Yiddish word nebekh. He's just a sniveling nebbish, not a real man like you. Why they ever hired a nebbish like him to run the company is beyond me.neb verbSee nebbishneb(bish) (ˈnɛb(ɪʃ)) n. a dull person; a jerk. (From Yiddish.) Taylor is such a nebbish. Why doesn’t she just give up? nebbishenUK
Synonyms for nebbishnoun a totally insignificant personSynonyms- cipher
- nobody
- nonentity
- nothing
- pip-squeak
- zero
- shrimp
- zilch
Synonyms for nebbishnoun (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpletonSynonymsRelated Words |