Nebbishy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Nebbishy is an adjective meaning Resembling or characteristic of a nebbish.
Meaning
Resembling or characteristic of a nebbish.
Example Sentences
Jeff Johnson's nebbishy Blanche, for example, is a complete comic character, a demented Dorothy (a la Martin Short) who can write her way back to Kansas.
As we have seen, one of the intellectual architects of that war was Sayyid Qutb, a nebbishy Egyptian writer with a Hitler mustache who arrived in the placid town of Greeley, Colorado, in 1949 to attend college.
Where American Jewish men contend with stereotypes of being oversexed, needy, nebbishy and neurotic (like Woody Allen, boo hiss), Jewish women are cast as withholding, bossy, exotic, and materialistic (like Fran Drescher, which honestly? Goals).
Synonyms for nebbishy
Depending on context, synonyms include nebbishlike.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nebbishlike, nebbish-like, nebishy, neeky, nabobish, geeklike.
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