Definition of Mobbish

1. Adjective. Characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless. "Moblike mentality"

Exact synonyms: Moblike
Similar to: Disorderly

Definition of Mobbish

1. a. Like a mob; tumultuous; lawless; as, a mobbish act.

Definition of Mobbish

1. Adjective. like a mob, characteristic of a mob ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mobbish

1. characteristic of a mob (a disorderly crowd of people) [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mobbish

moating
moatlike
moats
mob-handed
mob cap
mob caps
mob rule
mobbed
mobber
mobbers
mobbie
mobbies
mobbing
mobbings
mobbish (current term)
mobbishly
mobbism
mobbisms
mobble
mobbled
mobbles
mobbling
mobby
mobcap
mobcaps
mobe
mobes
mobey
mobies

Literary usage of Mobbish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Culloden Papers: Comprising an Extensive and Interesting Correspondence from by H. R. Duff (1815)
"Were there not such mobbish • Assemblies on the Streets in Anno 171 ... Say as the Provost has said. f~ Saw no such mobbish assemblies as men- The Provost ..."

2. Social Psychology: An Outline and Source Book by Edward Alsworth Ross (1908)
"If women are mobbish, it is largely for the same reason that monks, soldiers, peasants, moujiks, and other rigidly regulated types are ..."

3. Correspondence of William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts and Military by William Shirley (1912)
"But what I think may be esteem'd the principal cause of the mobbish turn in this Town, is it's Constitution; by which the Management of it is devolv'd upon ..."

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