clubbish

adjective

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  1. timid
  2. silent
  3. clinical
  4. diffident
  5. shy
  6. professional
  7. disinterested
  8. taciturn
Adjective
  • To say that does not trivialize the Holocaust, as some timid folk insist.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Cheered on by timid bankers who wouldn't risk a lemon in their sparse baskets.
    — Dan Primack, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of timid
Adjective
  • After several minutes the second officer came and, again, Pike kept silent.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The event will also include silent and live auctions, delicious food and drink, and joyous community, according to a news release.
    — Encinitas Advocate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of silent
Adjective
  • Holly Shearman, clinical director of Tomball Birth Center, where Rojas worked part-time, told The Tribune she was shocked by the arrest.
    — Michelle Watson, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
  • According to Cynthia Vejar, PhD, program director & associate professor of clinical mental health counseling at Lebanon Valley College, daycare can have some clear benefits for children.
    — Wendy Wisner, Parents, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of clinical
Adjective
  • Only a monumental defeat could stop South Africa qualifying for the semifinals so there was a rather diffident air to proceedings.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • In 2022, Quan starred as Waymond Wang, a seemingly diffident husband who transforms into a martial arts expert when crossing multiverses to save his family in the Daniels’ wild and emotional film Everything Everywhere All at Once.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2025
Definition of diffident
Adjective
  • Those directly involved, however, were never shy to say that Jones’ role and level of play proved critical for a group that went from one of the NFL’s worst to among its very best.
    — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2025
  • An important late-season matchup is in store, as Brighton (43 points, 8th place) and Fulham (42 points, 9th place) sit only a few points shy of Nottingham Forest (48 points, 3rd place) in the Premier League table.
    — William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of shy
Adjective
  • It's being particularly pushed for professional certificates and graduate degrees.
    — Jon Marcus, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The Fordham University at Lincoln Center student currently plays Imogen in the Broadway production of & Juliet, all while juggling the rigorous demands of being a college sophomore and a professional dancer.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of professional
Adjective
  • And that’s because what a disinterested lawyer would do is bring in that objectivity.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
  • To evaluate this offer, Aspen’s board formed a special committee of three independent and disinterested directors.
    — Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2025
Definition of disinterested
Adjective
  • At the first dinner party, George is taciturn behind his thick black glasses.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The first Quiet Place opened with the death of a toddler — the familial loss that hangs over its family of wearied, mandatorily taciturn survivors.
    — A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 4 July 2024
Definition of taciturn
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“Clubbish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clubbish. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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