nebbish

nebbish
Synonyms and related words:
Milquetoast, a nobody, a nothing, baby, big baby, chicken, cipher, common man, crybaby, doormat, dud, dull tool, dummy, figurehead, gutless wonder, hollow man, insignificancy, invertebrate, jackstraw, jellyfish, lay figure, lightweight, little fellow, little guy, man of straw, mediocrity, meek soul, milksop, mollycoddle, namby-pamby, nobody, nobody one knows, nonentity, nothing, nullity, obscurity, pansy, pantywaist, pip-squeak, punk, puppet, pushover, runt, sad sack, scrub, shrimp, sissy, small fry, small potato, small potatoes, softling, softy, sop, squirt, squit, thing of naught, trifle, weak sister, weakling, whiffet, whippersnapper, zero

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Nebbish — Neb bish (m[e^]b [i^]sh) n. [Yiddish, nebekh poor, unfortunate.] A person who is ineffectual, timid, and often luckless; a person of no significance. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • nebbish — (n.) 1905, nebbich, from Yiddish (used as a Yiddish word in American English from 1890s), from a Slavic source akin to Czech neboh poor, unfortunate, lit. un endowed, from Proto Slavic *ne bogu , with negative prefix (see UN (Cf. un ) (1)) + PIE… …   Etymology dictionary

  • nebbish — ☆ nebbish [neb′ish ] n. [< Yiddish nebekh, pity, pitiably] a person who is pitifully inept, ineffective, shy, dull, etc. nebbishy adj …   English World dictionary

  • nebbish — noun a) One who is fearful and timid, especially in making decisions and plans, in discussions, debates, arguments, and confrontations, and in taking responsibility. Actor often plays a nebbish. b) A loser. “I dont consider myself a nebbish,”… …   Wiktionary

  • nebbish — noun Etymology: Yiddish nebekh poor, unfortunate, from Czech nebohý Date: 1951 a timid, meek, or ineffectual person • nebbishy adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • nebbish — nebbishy, adj. /neb ish/, n. Slang. a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person. [1890 95; < Yiddish nebekh poor, unfortunate, prob. < Slavic; cf. Czech nebohý poor; sp. with sh perh. < Western Yiddish forms of the word] * * * …   Universalium

  • nebbish — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A totally insignificant person: cipher, nobody, nonentity, nothing. Informal: pip squeak, zero. Slang: shrimp, zilch. See IMPORTANT …   English dictionary for students

  • nebbish — n a fool, an ineffectual, clumsy or pathetic person. The word entered Eng lish speech from Yiddish in which one of its meanings is a pitiful nonentity or loser . The ultimate origin of the word is the Czech adjective nebohy, meaning unhappy,… …   Contemporary slang

  • nebbish — nebɪʃ n. (Slang) pathetic person, pitiful person (Yiddish) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • nebbish —    (NEH bish) [Yiddish, from Czech] An unfortunate; a weak, luckless, and ineffectual person; a wimp; a loser; a pitiful specimen …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

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