broyges
/ˈbɹɔɪɡəs/
broyges adjective: angry or resentful.
Adjective
broyges (comparative more broyges, superlative most broyges)
- Angry or resentful.
- 'My sister Rachel is almost impossible to deal with,' replies Becky. 'When she's broyges, she stays broyges, no matter what.2009, David Minkoff, Oy Vey: More!: The Ultimate Book of Jewish Jokes, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 135
- 'I want to spend as little time as possible alone with my mother,' he told me. 'She's going to be a bit broyges with me, and a bit upset.'2010, Howard Jacobson, The Mighty Walzer, →ISBN, page 155
Noun
broyges
- A falling out or feud.
- Such amity is no small thing. The narrowing world of Yiddish theater has been bedeviled with one “broyges” — a cherished term for a falling out — after another2010, Joseph Berger, “How to Say Theater in Yiddish? Two Ways”, in The New York Times
- […] is unaware that Eli is in broyges with Peggy.2011, Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro, The Modern Gentleman, 2nd Edition: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy, and Vice, Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 287
Forms of broyges
| comparative | more broyges |
|---|---|
| superlative | most broyges |
| alternative form | broiges |
| alternative form | broigus |
Origin of broyges
Borrowed from Yiddish ברוגז (broyges), from Hebrew ברוגז \ בְּרֹגֶז (literally “in anger, with anger”).
Questions about broyges
- What does broyges mean?
- Broyges means angry or resentful.
- What part of speech is broyges?
- Broyges can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce broyges?
- Broyges is pronounced /ˈbɹɔɪɡəs/.
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