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Definition of nebbish in English: nebbishnoun 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 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: nebbishnounˈnɛbɪʃˈnebiSH 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’. |