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Meaning of "nebbishy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NEBBISHY

nebbishy  [ˈnebɪʃɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEBBISHY

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

WHAT DOES NEBBISHY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of nebbishy in the English dictionary

The definition of nebbishy in the dictionary is somewhat fearful or timid.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEBBISHY


dishy
ˈdɪʃɪ
facie
ˈfeɪʃɪ
fishy
ˈfɪʃɪ
flourishy
ˈflʌrɪʃɪ
heishi
ˈhaɪʃɪ
meishi
ˈmeɪʃɪ
rikishi
rɪˈkɪʃɪ
rishi
ˈrɪʃɪ
rubbishy
ˈrʌbɪʃɪ
squishy
ˈskwɪʃɪ
stishie
ˈstɪʃɪ
Swadeshi
swəˈdeɪʃɪ
swishy
ˈswɪʃɪ
varnishy
ˈvɑːnɪʃɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEBBISHY

neb
nebbed
nebbish
nebbuk
nebel
Nebelung
nebenkern
Nebo
Nebr.
Nebraska
Nebraskan
nebris
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadrezzar
nebula
nebulae
nebular
nebular hypothesis
nebule
nebulisation

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEBBISHY

ashy
brushy
bushy
cushy
flashy
fleshy
gun-shy
gushy
marshy
mashy
mushy
once bitten, twice shy
pushy
rushy
shy
slushy
splashy
squashy
trashy
washy

Synonyms and antonyms of nebbishy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nebbishy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEBBISHY

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

Translator English - Chinese

nebbishy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nebbishy
570 millions of speakers

English

nebbishy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

nebbishy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

nebbishy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

nebbishy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nebbishy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

nebbishy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nebbishy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nebbishy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nebbishy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

nebbishy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

nebbishy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nebbishy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nebbishy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

nebbishy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नेबबिशी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nebbishy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nebbishy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nebbishy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

nebbishy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nebbishy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

nebbishy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nebbishy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nebbishy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nebbishy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nebbishy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEBBISHY»

The term «nebbishy» is used very little and occupies the 152.281 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEBBISHY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nebbishy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEBBISHY»

Discover the use of nebbishy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nebbishy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory ...
Greenspan's familiar, nebbishy, corpselike countenance has been replaced by a slightly younger, nebbishy, bearded countenance. The new chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank is named Ben S. Bernanke. The honorable members of the ...
James D. Scurlock, 2007
2
Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight
We divvied up the tickets, focusing on the Crs who had been gungho, and reserved the last four for ourselves and two volunteers, the attractive Colorado Cr chairwoman and some nebbishy kid from a place i can't recall. on the night of nixon's ...
Karl Rove, 2010
3
Meshuggenary: Celebrating the World of Yiddish
A reference you need, like a lokh in kop! macher • mazel t egillah • megilla • mensch • meshuga • meshugana • meshuggana • meshugi mishmash mishmosh jnebbnh • nebbishy • noodge • nudge • nosh • noshci her* nu • nudni^/oy • ol vey  ...
Sol Steinmetz, Payson R. Stevens, 2002
4
Peyton Amberg
"One of the funniest books I have read, and the bleakest . . . This is a novel about class and sex in America, raw, rude, upsetting, and immensely invigorating.
Tama Janowitz, 2004
5
Last Puzzle & Testament
Becky kept hovering near the lawyer's shoulder, looking to edge her way in. Cora smiled, took a drag on her cigarette. “The Puzzle Lady smokes?” Cora Felton frowned. Not here. Not now. Not in front of Sherry. A nebbishy-looking man, with a ...
Parnell Hall, 2011
6
Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places
“'Excuse me,' I blurted out, neatly sidestepping this nebbishy little man and allowing my momentum to carry me along the hallway. “At the end of the corridor, I turned left. On my left was the gallery from which I had just come, across the wide ...
Brad Steiger, 2012
7
L'inglese in America: dizionario di slang, eufemismi, ...
445 nebbishy-looking would leave here, glory be, a Croesus ». P. Roth, The Anatomy Lesson, 153: «We had a reconciliation and I told her, "Sweetheart, at least pick a guy next time who's a threat to me, pick a California surfer". But she picks a ...
Italo Ferrero, Giorgio Anglesio, 1991
8
Spy
Profit Trade-off As Orion's majority stockholder, John Kluge is effectively the sponsor of an enormous vanity project: the studio makes him no money, but its support of risk-taking artists — particularly short, nebbishy artists partial to making talky, ...
9
Michael Jeter
Slight of stature and nebbishy in appearance, beloved character actor Michael Jeter faced death numerous times through his work — as a condemned mouse- loving killer in The Green Mile (1999), a show tunes-belting homeless man with ...
10
The Jews of Prime Time
An insightful examination of the Jewish face of American television delves deeply into the Jewish identity and its role in shaping prime time--both behind and in front of the camera--featuring profiles of the founders of the three major ...
David Zurawik, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEBBISHY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nebbishy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Fort Tilden Movie Review: Can Brooklyn Survive Cruel 20 …
Fort Tilden opens with them inserting themselves into the next day beach plans of sexy thang Russ and his nebbishy nobody pal, both Allie and ... «iDigitalTimes.com, Jul 15»
2
Stage reviews: '60s musical, GBS comedy and Peter Pan prequel …
She helps him past a panic attack and, suddenly, this nebbishy guy is looking like her ticket to a normal life. The Cy Coleman-Dorothy Fields ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
3
"Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles"
... suppose getting sucked into a null dimension with a bunch of nebbishy giant space brains would put anyone out of sorts. Yet the dilemma he ... «A.V. Club, Jul 15»
4
Van Halen's David Lee Roth
I introduced myself and suddenly the voice was nasal and nebbishy. "Dave's not here." The line went silent. "Dave, are you there? Hello?". «Salt Lake City Weekly, Jul 15»
5
THEATER REVIEW Brilliant Adventures
... government disability benefits, enabling him to live alone, but his privacy is constantly interrupted by nebbishy sidekick Greg, whose ambition ... «Windy City Times, Jul 15»
6
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 zombie mode has Jeff Goldblum and Ron …
He's the man whose “ums” and “ers” have garnered “oohs” and “ahs” as the nebbishy, neurotic science guy in Jurassic Park and Independence ... «Geek, Jul 15»
7
Raphael Sbarge is the Where's Waldo? of actors
A friend of mine named Brian Backer was cast in the role, and he was sort of a nebbishy, Jewish-y kind of guy. I think he was ultimately cast in a ... «A.V. Club Austin, Jul 15»
8
What it looks like when you edit out all the white people from big …
Their love occurs in a milieu of overarching, gentle tweeness—Theodore is a nebbishy empathic introvert, a character type stereotypically ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
9
Emma Watson and Kiernan Shipka star in: 50 actors who should …
Thus, they would make the perfect pair for a nebbishy Woody Allen-style New York intellectual comedy. It all starts when Brody's neurotic TV ... «A.V. Club DC, Jul 15»
10
Jake Gyllenhaal Gets Musical in 'Little Shop of Horrors'
The actor, who's playing a nebbishy plant-shop employee in “Little Shop,” has already proven himself as a Broadway draw, helping to turn the ... «Variety, Jul 15»

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