schmucky attitude
- noun
- /ʃmʌki ˈætɪtjud/
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actitud despreciable
- If you keep that schmucky attitude, no one will want to work with you.
Examples
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I can't stand her schmucky attitude during meetings.
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Her schmucky attitude made everyone feel uncomfortable.
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He apologized for his schmucky attitude at the meeting last week.
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His schmucky attitude annoyed everyone at the party.
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Her schmucky attitude made it impossible for anyone to enjoy the game.
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If you continue to show that schmucky attitude, you will alienate your friends.
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His schmucky attitude during the discussion left a bad impression on the team.
Synonyms
Rude, arrogant behaviour that hurts or annoys people
A rude, spiteful way of speaking that uses mean, cutting remarks
A rude, immature way of behaving like a teenager
A very bad, annoying way of behaving that upsets other people
Talking in a rude, bold way that challenges people
Antonyms
How Obnoxious
- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
schmucky + attitude
The head noun 'attitude' is fully transparent, but 'schmucky' is colloquial/slang (derived from 'schmuck') and not a standard lexical item, so its meaning is culturally specific and not reliably predictable from general English knowledge. If a learner knows the adjective 'schmucky' as 'foolish/obnoxious', the phrase is compositional, but because that adjective is informal and potentially unfamiliar to B1 learners, the overall expression is best classified as semi-transparent.
Etymology
Schmucky attitude comes from the Yiddish word 'schmuck', a rude name for a fool or jerk, and people turned that into the adjective schmucky to mean rude or annoying. So schmucky attitude describes behavior that is foolish, rude, and likely to irritate other people.