How do you use Nebbish in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like simpleton or simple, plus the exact meaning.
Nebbish meaning
One who is fearful, indecisive and timid, especially in making decisions and plans, in discussions, debates, arguments, and confrontations, and in taking responsibility.
Using Nebbish
- The main meaning on this page is: One who is fearful, indecisive and timid, especially in making decisions and plans, in discussions, debates, arguments, and confrontations, and in taking responsibility.
- Useful related words include: nebbech, simpleton, simple.
Context around Nebbish
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nebbish
- In this selection, "nebbish" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, classic, fretful and looking stand out and add context to how "nebbish" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a classic nebbish he did and intellectual fretful nebbish which he. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nebbish" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nebbish
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And although he was described as a "classic nebbish", he did not tell Jewish jokes. (15 words)
They’re presented in a crumbling theater by Nick, a nebbish-looking ventriloquist accompanied by an annoying puppet named Happy. (20 words)
By chance, he winds up consulting Albert, the biology teacher and nebbish who wears his divorced wife's bathrobe around the house. (22 words)
As a comedian, he developed the persona of an insecure, intellectual, fretful nebbish, which he maintains is quite different from his real-life personality. (24 words)
By chance, he winds up consulting Albert, the biology teacher and nebbish who wears his divorced wife's bathrobe around the house. (22 words)
They’re presented in a crumbling theater by Nick, a nebbish-looking ventriloquist accompanied by an annoying puppet named Happy. (20 words)
Example sentences (4)
By chance, he winds up consulting Albert, the biology teacher and nebbish who wears his divorced wife's bathrobe around the house.
They’re presented in a crumbling theater by Nick, a nebbish-looking ventriloquist accompanied by an annoying puppet named Happy.
And although he was described as a "classic nebbish", he did not tell Jewish jokes.
As a comedian, he developed the persona of an insecure, intellectual, fretful nebbish, which he maintains is quite different from his real-life personality.