Synonyms

nudnik

American

[nood-nik] / ˈnʊd nɪk /

noun

Slang.

a persistently dull, boring pest.

nudnik British

/ ˈnʌdnɪk /

noun

informal an annoying or boring person

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Etymology

Origin of nudnik

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; from Yiddish, equivalent to nud- base of nudyen ( nudge ² ) + -nik -nik

Example Sentences

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Tarantino has become a nudnik filmmaker, who grabs a viewer by the lapel and says—and says and says—what’s on his mind.

From The New Yorker

Alice is a nudnik and a connoisseur and a troubled person.

From The New Yorker

Painted in glazes of vibrant, greenish yellow scrawled over a black surface are words like kibitzer and kvetcher; nudnik and nebbish.

From New York Times

They will know that her feud with the deranged nudnik Kelly Bensimon put her on the side of right and good.

From New York Times

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