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Meaning of "hobbish" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOBBISH

hobbish  [ˈhɒbɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOBBISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hobbish is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HOBBISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hobbish in the English dictionary

The definition of hobbish in the dictionary is like a clown.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOBBISH


bish
bɪʃ
bobbish
ˈbɒbɪʃ
boobish
ˈbuːbɪʃ
clubbish
ˈklʌbɪʃ
cubbish
ˈkʌbɪʃ
drabbish
ˈdræbɪʃ
dweebish
ˈdwiːbɪʃ
furbish
ˈfɜːbɪʃ
Globish
ˈɡləʊbɪʃ
mobbish
ˈmɒbɪʃ
nabobish
ˈneɪbɒbɪʃ
nebbish
ˈnɛbɪʃ
refurbish
riːˈfɜːbɪʃ
rubbish
ˈrʌbɪʃ
slobbish
ˈslɒbɪʃ
snobbish
ˈsnɒbɪʃ
snubbish
ˈsnʌbɪʃ
squabbish
ˈskwɒbɪʃ
tubbish
ˈtʌbɪʃ
yobbish
ˈjɒbɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOBBISH

hobbed
Hobbema
hobber
Hobbes
Hobbesian
hobbies
hobbing
Hobbism
Hobbist
hobbit
hobbitry
hobble
hobble skirt
hobblebush
hobbledehoy
hobbledehoydom
hobbledehoyhood
hobbledehoyish
hobbledehoyism
hobbler

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOBBISH

British
Danish
dish
English
establish
fetish
finish
Finnish
fish
garden rubbish
household rubbish
Irish
on the parish
polish
publish
Spanish
stylish
Swedish
Turkish
wish

Synonyms and antonyms of hobbish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hobbish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOBBISH

Find out the translation of hobbish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hobbish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hobbish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hobbish
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hobbish
570 millions of speakers

English

hobbish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hobbish
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hobbish
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hobbish
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hobbish
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hobbish
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hobbish
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hobbish
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hobbish
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hobbish
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hobbish
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hobbish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hobbish
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hobbish
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झुबकेदार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hobbish
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hobbish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hobbish
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hobbish
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hobbish
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hobbish
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hobbish
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hobbish
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hobbish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hobbish

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOBBISH»

The term «hobbish» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.127 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hobbish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOBBISH»

Discover the use of hobbish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hobbish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Science of Magic
... Dwarven, Gnome, or Elf, but none of these rumors have ever been substantiated. Hobblings speak their own language of Hobbish, which is closely related to Mannish, but not quite the same (see the Language chart for skill crossover). STR!
Jesse Spears
2
Anna Ross, by the author of The decision
once, but were so mild, particularly Kenneth, that Anna wondered if these could be the rude, hobbish boys, who were to spoil her manners. Her cousin George would have been a great deal more noisy and talkative than both these boys put  ...
Grace Kennedy, 1833
3
Abbeychurch, or Self control and self conceit. By the author ...
And a hobbish fellow means a gentleman as clumsy as the lubber fiend,' said Elizabeth. 'No doubt he wore hob-nails in his shoes,' said Rupert. 'And chimney hobs were so called, because his cream bowl was duly set upon them,' said Anne.
Charlotte Mary Yonge, 1872
4
Abbeychurch: Easyread Large Edition
'And a hobbish fellow means a gentleman as clumsy as the lubber fiend,' said Elizabeth. 'No doubt he wore hobnails in his shoes,' said Rupert. 'And chimney hobs were so called, because his cream bowl was duly set upon them,' said Anne.
Charlotte M. Yonge, 2006
5
Anna Ross
... the week he had been away. Yet, in the midst of all this joy, they were so kind to each other, and did not talk both at once, but were so mild, particularly Kenneth , that Anna wondered if these could be the rude, hobbish boys,,who were to spoil  ...
Grace Kennedy, 1861
6
Essays and Marginalia
But I believe his Toryism to have been a natural emanation of his Hobbish infidelity, though in this age when infidelity affects democracy, and blackguards affect infidelity, this may sound like a paradox. " Dubius, sed non improbus vixi, Incertus ...
Hartley Coleridge, Derwent Coleridge, 1851
7
The Book of Table-talk
Now to the making of lawes which wee have now made and concluded, I exhort you the makers to be. * Divine right again ! Hal is quite Homeric and Hobbish. * Whence it appears that all this while the poor DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS. 141.
Charles MacFarlane, James Robinson Planché, 1836
8
Appeals to Interest: Language, Contestation, and the Shaping ...
The most immediate and critically negative reception of Hobbes in the 1660s and 1670s did rephrase some of his points in the newly fashionable and disapproving term “self-interest,” particularly as popularly depicted by “Hobbish” characters ...
Dean Mathiowetz, 2011
9
The Works of Grace Kennedy ...: In Six Volumes
talk both at once, but were so mild, particularly Kenneth, that Anna wondered if these could be the rude, hobbish boys, who were to spoil har manners. Her cousin George would have been a great deal more noisy and talkative than both these ...
Grace Kennedy, 1827
10
Works
talk both at once, but were so mild, particularly Kenneth, that Anna wondered if these could be the rude, hobbish boys, who were to spoil her manners. Her cousin George would have been a great deal more noisy and talkative than both these ...
Grace Kennedy, 1827

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOBBISH»

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Apple TV update may loom, since retailers are running out
But what else are they going to add aside from hardware thats going to make it ..how can I say .. feel more less "hobbish"..lol. thechooz 5pts. «CNET, Feb 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hobbish [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hobbish>. May 2024 ».
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