sore-thumbish

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Distinct in a way that draws negative attention

   Distinct in a way that draws negative attention; out of place; conspicuous.

   • Many of the serious bits, by contrast, were slow and sore-thumbish, abounding in what the New Yorker used to call cries we doubt ever got cried, like 'that man Robespierre will go far.'
   • In a neighborhood of modest bungalows, tearing down an existing house and shoehorning a multistory, 5,000-square-foot behemoth into the same lot makes the new home stick out in a sore-thumbish way.
   • It looks so what-am-I-doing-here?, / so sore-thumbish, so entirely out of place, / among all these ancient ivy-covered buildings, / that it kind of reminds me of a UFO. / Or of an alien.

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