ongeblozzen

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Pronunciations

ongeblozzen (uhn-guh-BLUH-zihn) listen

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Definitions

  • adj. Puffed-up; haughty; conceited.

  • adj. Pouty, sulky.

Example Sentences

  • "He was always ungeblozn [puffed up], to use a Yiddish expression, unapproachable" (Avrich, "Anarchist Voices," p. 448).

  • "We're not going out for pizza tonight. Stop acting so ongeblozzen." (JPS)

  • "The little boy was told by his mother that he couldn't have the toy and he sat with his arms folded and looked all ungebluzum."

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • אָנגעבלאָזן ongeblozn

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

      Alternative Spellings

      ongeblozn, ungeblozn, ongeblozen, ungeblozen, ungebluzum

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