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mobbish

mobbish

1 8.9
Acting like a crowd that becomes violent, noisy, and out of control
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɑːbɪʃ/
: desordenado
  • The crowd's mobbish nature became evident as they surged uncontrollably toward the stage.

Examples

  • His mobbish instincts took over during the argument, leading him to act recklessly.

  • The protesters displayed a mobbish behavior, overwhelming the police with their chaos.

  • I am also not denying the fact that the North American part of the world does not belong (in an authoritative sense) to the Jews, in a sense (just mentioned) as they are viewed by the Muslim world (and otherwise by the isolated, blind, smaller than imagined crowds or groups with mobbish quality).

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Synonyms

moblike
vsmobbish
1 8.2

Like a large angry crowd that is loud and pushes people

means the same but uses the alternative -ish form

Antonyms

lawful
  • Formal
73 2.9

Allowed by the law

orderly
70 3.5

Calm and peaceful, without fighting or loud noise

How Disorderly

lawless
29 4.9
riotous
4 7.9
mobbish
1 8.9
unruly
41 4.3
rowdy
3 4.0

Surface Forms

mobbish positive

Morphology

mobbish = mob (transparent) = mob + ish

Formed regularly from 'mob' + the adjective-forming suffix '-ish', so its meaning 'like or characteristic of a mob' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Mobbish comes from the short word mob, which means 'crowd' and comes from a Latin phrase that meant 'the movable crowd' and is related to the English word mobile. So to be mobbish is to act like a crowd: wild, disorderly, and ready to break rules.