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oafish
[oh-fish]
adjective
clumsy and stupid; unmannered; loutish.
He’s not exactly oafish, but he’s no suave sophisticate either.
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- oafishly adverb
- oafishness noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of oafish1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
There were corridos about the exploits of bandits and outlaws, some of them Robin Hood-esque characters who outwitted oafish authorities and helped the poor.
I looked back at Samir and noticed for the first time that his eyes were sincerely brown, no stain or splatter—when everything else about him was shaggy and oafish.
It is, on one level, a crime thriller built from familiar Scorsesean elements: demanding father figures and feckless heirs, treacherous husbands and neglected wives, oafish goons and ruthless assassins, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.
Yet the light charm, mostly offered by Shen as the oafish sidekick, serves as a saving grace amid the shadowy political games.
She essentially called environmentalists “boneheaded,†“oafish,†“ham-handed†and “stupider than the right.â€
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