sore-thumbish

Adjective

sore-thumbish (comparative more sore-thumbish, superlative most sore-thumbish)

1. (idiomatic, informal) Distinct in a way that draws negative attention; out of place; conspicuous.
   • Many of the serious bits, by contrast, were slow and sore-thumbish, abounding in what the New Yorker used to call cries we doubt ever got cried, like 'that man Robespierre will go far.'1989, Plays and Players, number 425, Hansom Books, page 37
   • In a neighborhood of modest bungalows, tearing down an existing house and shoehorning a multistory, 5,000-square-foot behemoth into the same lot makes the new home stick out in a sore-thumbish way.2004, Paul McFedries, Word Spy: The Word Lover’s Guide to Modern Culture, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Books, →ISBN