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oafish

[ oh-fish ]

adjective

  1. clumsy and stupid; unmannered; loutish:

    He’s not exactly oafish, but he’s no suave sophisticate either.



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Other Words From

  • oaf·ish·ly adverb
  • oaf·ish·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of oafish1

First recorded in 1680–1700; oaf ( def ) + -ish 1( def )

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Synonym Study

See boorish.

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Example Sentences

Every new area demands new snark from the oafish Zeus, who complains about needing to get back into shape, and that the story took too long to get to the title screen.

The political mutterings of oafish celebrities are best ignored.

It was an appropriate response: violent oafs should be fired from their university jobs for violent, oafish behavior.

He looked like an oafish clod, even viewed objectively, and Forrester was making no efforts in that direction.

He was blaming himself bitterly now for his oafish clumsiness in blurting out the news so abruptly.

Here and there troopers were driving before their spears oafish peasants who had lingered too long.

The elder sister watched them—Alce a little oafish in his Sunday blacks, Ellen wearing her new spring hat with the daisies.

Didn't he have enough self-control just to ignore Symes and his oafish insults?

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