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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nebbish
Noun
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That’s the sign of a true coward.
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Fishback showed up at a Donalds campaign event in Lake City on Saturday with a bunch of supporters, shouting through a bullhorn that Donalds was a coward for not debating him and telling him to go back to New York, a reference to Donalds’ childhood in Brooklyn.
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And Benjamin Cole is a likable milquetoast as Sarah’s original boyfriend, Chris.
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By all accounts, being a milquetoast is a sort of vice—cowardice masquerading as prudence.
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Supporters of the Republican candidate, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, portray Democrats as wusses, cucks, soy boys who don’t follow sports.
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Henry is a megalomaniac and a complete wuss.
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There are also quiet-click primary buttons and the mouse is powered by a rechargeable 500mAh battery capable of delivering up to 200 days of use on a single charge, depending on usage patterns.
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Elephants get two hours per day, while mouse lemurs spend more than 15 hours in shut-eye.
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“Nebbish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nebbish. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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