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Nebbish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A person regarded as weak-willed or timid.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. One who is fearful and timid, especially in making decisions and plans, in discussions, debates, arguments, and confrontations, and in taking responsibility.

n. A loser.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A person who is ineffectual, timid, and often luckless; a person of no significance.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton

Word Usage

"The name-checking of Woody Allen on the cover of the first issue recalls the nebbish director's maxim that he would never want to join any club that would have him for a member."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

simpleton simple

Form

nebbishy

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