nebbish
IPA: nˈɛbɪʃ
noun
- One who is fearful and timid, especially in making decisions and plans, in discussions, debates, arguments, and confrontations, and in taking responsibility.
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Examples of "nebbish" in Sentences
- A nebbish could never gain real power.
- His sole drawback though is his nebbish voice.
- At the heart of the nerd nebbish divide is pity.
- The popular parlance conflates nerd with nebbish .
- But only a schmegegge would ever bet on a nebbish.
- There will be no Revenge of the Nebbishes , no nebbish liberation.
- My dictionary here says that a nebbish is 'a weak willed and timid person'.
- But it would not be inaccurate to describe a woman as a nebbish or as nebbishy.
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