Mobbish

mob  (mb)

n.

1. A large disorderly crowd or throng. See Synonyms at crowd¹.

2. The mass of common people; the populace.

3. Informal

a. An organized gang of criminals; a crime syndicate.

b. often Mob Organized crime. Often used with the: a murder suspect with links to the Mob.

4. An indiscriminate or loosely associated group of persons or things: a mob of boats in the harbor.

5. Australian A flock or herd of animals.

tr.v. mobbed, mob·bing, mobs

1. To crowd around and jostle or annoy, especially in anger or excessive enthusiasm: Eager fans mobbed the popular singer.

2. To crowd into: Visitors mobbed the fairgrounds.

3. To attack in large numbers; overwhelm: The quarterback was mobbed by the defensive line.

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[Short for mobile, from Latin mbile (vulgus), fickle (crowd), neuter of mbilis; see mobile.]

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mobbish adj.

mobbish·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

mobbish - characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless; "fanned mounting tension into mobbish terrorizing"; "moblike mentality" moblike disorderly - undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct"