newfangled
UK/ˌnjuːˈfæŋ.ɡəɫd/US/ˌnuˈfæŋ.ɡəld/
newfangled adjective: new and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.
Adjective
newfangled (not comparable)
- New and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.
- newfangled electronic gadgets that cost a lot and do little
- We notice by our exchanges that great efforts are being made throughout the western States especially, to palm off upon the farming public various kinds of patent churns, or to induce many mechanics to give large sums for the Right to manufacture the same—while in a majority of cases, we believe...1849 January 15, “A Glance at Patent Churns”, in Ohio Cultivator: Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture and Domestic Economy, volume 5, number 2, page 17
- Antonyms:
- oldfangled, old-fashioned
- Fond of novelty.
newfangled meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
newfangled in Tamil
- புதிய, யாரும் அறியாத, மாறுபட்ட
newfangled in Urdu
- نو ساختہ, نو تراشیدہ
newfangled in Malayalam
- modern, the latest, new
- നവീന രീതിയിൽ ആസൂത്രണം ചെയ്യപ്പെട്ട, പുതിയ, നവീനമായ, അഭിനവ, പുതുതായി നടപ്പിൽ വന്ന, പ്രതിനവ
newfangled in Kannada
- ಹೊಸ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಯ, ನವೀನತೆಯ, ಆಕ್ಷೇಪಾರ್ಹವಾಗಿ ನವ್ಯ, ಹಳೆಯ ಸತ್ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯಕ್ಕೆ ಭಿನ್ನವಾದ
Examples of newfangled in a sentence
- I have tried all the medium and short acting non-barbiturate sedatives since the war (including thalidomide) but they don’t work and I don’t trust the newfangled long acting, “safe” analgesics.1988, E[dward] J[ames] Moran Campbell, Not Always on the Level, [London]: British Medical Journal, →ISBN, page 194:
- [US president Donald Trump] might have in mind a newfangled protectionism that lasts generations.2025 January 23, Laurent Belsie, “Globalization is over. Will Trump tariffs reset US-China rivalry?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
Antonyms of newfangled
Forms of newfangled
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| alternative form | new fangled |
Origin of newfangled
From new + fangled, from obsolete fangle (“to fashion”).
Words formed from newfangled
Questions about newfangled
- What does newfangled mean?
- Newfangled means new and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.
- What is newfangled in Tamil?
- Newfangled in Tamil is புதிய, யாரும் அறியாத, மாறுபட்ட. See Newfangled meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use newfangled in a sentence?
- I have tried all the medium and short acting non-barbiturate sedatives since the war (including thalidomide) but they don’t work and I don’t trust the newfangled long acting, “safe” analgesics.
- What part of speech is newfangled?
- Newfangled is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce newfangled?
- Newfangled is pronounced /ˌnjuːˈfæŋ.ɡəɫd/ (UK).
Words near newfangled in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: newfangled (page history and authors); newfangled (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); newfangled (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); newfangled (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); newfangled (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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