nebbish
/ˈnɛ.bɪʃ/
nebbish noun: one who is fearful, indecisive and timid, especially in making decisions and plans, in discussions, debates, arguments, and confrontations, and in taking responsibility.
Noun
nebbish (plural nebbishes)
- One who is fearful, indecisive and timid, especially in making decisions and plans, in discussions, debates, arguments, and confrontations, and in taking responsibility.
- Actor Rick Moranis often plays a nebbish.
- “I don't consider myself a nebbish,” Woody told interviewers early in his career, “but everyone else does.”2001, Foster Hirsh, quoting Woody Allen, Love, Sex, Death, and the Meaning of Life: The Films of Woody Allen
nebbish meaning in Tamil and Urdu
nebbish in Tamil
- பயனிலி
nebbish in Urdu
- جھینپو, نکما, پھوہڑ
Examples of nebbish in a sentence
- Back then, ‘Manhattan’ was made by Woody the Lovable Neurotic Nebbish, and now it has been made by Allen the Monster.2018 March 1, Steven Kurutz, quoting Lisa Schwarzbaum, “How Do You Solve a Problem Like ‘Manhattan’?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN...
- “Having a camera in my hands transformed a nebbish into someone who could make New York into a better place,” he said.2023 May 14, Alix Strauss, “How the Head of a Filmmaking Center Spends His Sundays”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on...
Forms of nebbish
| plural | nebbishes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | nebech |
| alternative form | nebesh |
| alternative form | nebish |
| alternative form | nebbisch |
| alternative form | nebbich |
Origin of nebbish
From American Yiddish נעביש (nebish), from נעבעך (nebekh, “poor, unfortunate”).
Words formed from nebbish
Questions about nebbish
- What does nebbish mean?
- Nebbish means one who is fearful, indecisive and timid, especially in making decisions and plans, in discussions, debates, arguments, and confrontations, and in taking responsibility.
- What is nebbish in Tamil?
- Nebbish in Tamil is பயனிலி. See Nebbish meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use nebbish in a sentence?
- Back then, ‘Manhattan’ was made by Woody the Lovable Neurotic Nebbish, and now it has been made by Allen the Monster.
- What part of speech is nebbish?
- Nebbish is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nebbish?
- Nebbish is pronounced /ˈnɛ.bɪʃ/.
- What is the plural of nebbish?
- The plural of nebbish is nebbishes.
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