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单词 nebbish
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Definition of nebbish in English:

nebbish

noun ˈnɛbɪʃˈnɛbɪʃ
North American informal
  • A person, especially a man, who is regarded as pitifully ineffectual, timid, or submissive.

    He's a nebbish. No money, no prestige, no future
    as modifier his nebbish sensibility
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Leo is a neurotic nebbish of sizable proportions.
    • You keep expecting Marcello Mastroianni; but instead, what you get is Miles, an angst-ridden nebbish, and Jack, a pathological philanderer.
    • Allen was never a pretty picture, but his famous nebbish looks and wimpish physique did convey a certain elfish charm.
    • Murphy's character flip-flops between obnoxious clown and likable nebbish, failing to ever find an appropriate balance.
    • Gene Wilder is brilliantly understated as the Waco Kid, a stark contrast to the neurotic nebbish Leo Bloom in Brooks's The Producers.
    • A scrawny nebbish of a man, Moss is no Moore, to be sure.
    • In Shiver, a sexy bride and her nebbish hubby go to visit her cousins in their ancestral home.
    • Carrey's performance is not as consistently acute or concentrated; occasionally he is the stereotypical nebbish, but he too has his moments of depth.
    • Meanwhile, in the ‘comedy,’ Melinda is the downstairs neighbor of an ambitious film director, Susan, and her nebbish husband, Hobie.
    • There are those who will think I'm being a whiny nebbish, and I just don't care.
    • Adam Rafferty as the nebbish Albert Peterson is perfect.
    • Woody Allen is funny (then again, I'm a big fan, so I'm biased) as Tex, whining and being the nebbish we've all come to know and love.
    • Which leaves Stern in the familiar role of the nebbish buddy who just wants to fit in.
    • There's nothing special about us… just a coupla nebbishes…
    • When this movie was made, Bill Gates was a little-known nebbish.
    • Robert Dayton plays a recently divorced nebbish who decides to refashion himself as a ladies man.
    • Allen, of course, hotly denies this, arguing that his lusty, maladroit, cowardly, witty and nebbish persona is a comic archetype.
    • So I'm talking to a rather fetching dame with a disco outfit circa 1970, when a nebbish second year inserts himself uninvited to our conversation.
    • Robert Webber plays Rogers as a nebbish, but along the way, his subtle movements and quirks help reveal a great deal about the character.
    • I still can't believe that a nebbish like Tony could possibly become a senior Government Minister.
    • In the original, the men were cold and sinister; in the new version, they're nebbishes who need to be constantly drilled in masculine prerogatives by the head of the Men's Association.
    • All the same, Polanski ably blends comedy and pathos in his portrayal of the nervous nebbish Trelkovsky, which is important since he's in every scene. -

Derivatives

  • nebbishy

  • adjective
    North American informal
    • ‘I think my wife's a little weird, you know, because she's with me,’ the nebbishy, nasal-voiced director said.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His only allies are his nerdlinger best friends, nebbishy Neal and the unspeakably gawky Bill.
      • He's a short, nebbishy guy with a neat goatee and horn-rimmed glasses.
      • She locks Mom, kids and family dog in a large steamer trunk and then prepares to seduce nebbishy Bob.
      • This nifty little thriller opens with the arresting image of a nebbishy accountant being dangled over the side of a bridge.
      • A nebbishy architect is inexplicably charged with designing the suicide barrier on the Bloor Viaduct.
      • He's nebbishy, quietly romantic, and - as many of his songs suggest - dreaming of road trip getaways.
      • A nebbishy fellow with glasses stood up in one of the cubicles.
      • But nebbishy Peter isn't what he seems to be either - he's actually a pencil pushing clerk at the airport.
      • Carol is convinced that the nerdy, nebbishy suitor is just not right for her pal.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Yiddish nebekh 'poor thing'.

 
 

Definition of nebbish in US English:

nebbish

nounˈnɛbɪʃˈnebiSH
North American informal
  • A person, especially a man, who is regarded as pitifully ineffectual, timid, or submissive.

    He's a nebbish. No money, no prestige, no future
    as modifier his nebbish sensibility
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Allen, of course, hotly denies this, arguing that his lusty, maladroit, cowardly, witty and nebbish persona is a comic archetype.
    • There's nothing special about us… just a coupla nebbishes…
    • Robert Webber plays Rogers as a nebbish, but along the way, his subtle movements and quirks help reveal a great deal about the character.
    • So I'm talking to a rather fetching dame with a disco outfit circa 1970, when a nebbish second year inserts himself uninvited to our conversation.
    • Adam Rafferty as the nebbish Albert Peterson is perfect.
    • All the same, Polanski ably blends comedy and pathos in his portrayal of the nervous nebbish Trelkovsky, which is important since he's in every scene. -
    • There are those who will think I'm being a whiny nebbish, and I just don't care.
    • Robert Dayton plays a recently divorced nebbish who decides to refashion himself as a ladies man.
    • Allen was never a pretty picture, but his famous nebbish looks and wimpish physique did convey a certain elfish charm.
    • In Shiver, a sexy bride and her nebbish hubby go to visit her cousins in their ancestral home.
    • When this movie was made, Bill Gates was a little-known nebbish.
    • Woody Allen is funny (then again, I'm a big fan, so I'm biased) as Tex, whining and being the nebbish we've all come to know and love.
    • Carrey's performance is not as consistently acute or concentrated; occasionally he is the stereotypical nebbish, but he too has his moments of depth.
    • Which leaves Stern in the familiar role of the nebbish buddy who just wants to fit in.
    • Murphy's character flip-flops between obnoxious clown and likable nebbish, failing to ever find an appropriate balance.
    • In the original, the men were cold and sinister; in the new version, they're nebbishes who need to be constantly drilled in masculine prerogatives by the head of the Men's Association.
    • Meanwhile, in the ‘comedy,’ Melinda is the downstairs neighbor of an ambitious film director, Susan, and her nebbish husband, Hobie.
    • Gene Wilder is brilliantly understated as the Waco Kid, a stark contrast to the neurotic nebbish Leo Bloom in Brooks's The Producers.
    • A scrawny nebbish of a man, Moss is no Moore, to be sure.
    • I still can't believe that a nebbish like Tony could possibly become a senior Government Minister.
    • You keep expecting Marcello Mastroianni; but instead, what you get is Miles, an angst-ridden nebbish, and Jack, a pathological philanderer.
    • Leo is a neurotic nebbish of sizable proportions.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Yiddish nebekh ‘poor thing’.

 
 
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