sore-thumbish adjective1 •(informal) 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.' — 1989 formsmore sore-thumbish · most sore-thumbish