oafish

[ oh-fish ]
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adjective
  1. clumsy and stupid; unmannered; loutish: He’s not exactly oafish, but he’s no suave sophisticate either.

Origin of oafish

1
First recorded in 1680–1700; oaf + -ish1

synonym study For oafish

See boorish.

Other words from oafish

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

Words Nearby oafish

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How to use oafish in a sentence

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

    Life on a Mediaeval Barony | William Stearns Davis
  • The elder sister watched them—Alce a little oafish in his Sunday blacks, Ellen wearing her new spring hat with the daisies.

    Joanna Godden | Sheila Kaye-Smith
  • Didn't he have enough self-control just to ignore Symes and his oafish insults?

    Pagan Passions | Gordon Randall Garrett