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词汇 blimpishly
释义 blimpishly
adjective
UKinformaluk /ˈblɪm.pɪʃ.li/ us /ˈblɪm.pɪʃ.li/
in a way that suggests someone has old-fashioned military principles, only approves of their own country or culture, and would like things to be as they were in the past:
He would blimpishly express contempt for "foreigners", which irritated his sister immensely.
Many of the comments posted below the article were blimpishly reactionary and rude.
Related word
blimpish
See also
Colonel Blimp
Now in his late 70s, the respected writer has become increasingly mean-spirited and tends to comment blimpishly on modern culture.
I am determined not to become a bore who pronounces blimpishly about how the youth of today have no respect.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Old or old-fashioned
age-old
ageing
ancient
antediluvian
anti-progressive
fossilize
fossilized
frumpy
fustily
have had its/your dayidiom
outdate
outdated
outdatedly
outmoded
outworn
unmodernized
unmodish
unprogressive
unreconstructed
unsmart
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