oaf
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
a simpleton; dunce; blockhead.
Archaic.
a deformed or mentally deficient child.
a changeling.
Origin of oaf
1synonym study For oaf
Other words for oaf
Other words from oaf
- oafish, adjective
- oaf·ish·ly, adverb
- oaf·ish·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with oaf
- oaf , oath
Words Nearby oaf
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How to use oaf in a sentence
He’s clearly a dim bulb, there’s very little going on upstairs, and he’s something of an oaf.
Tina Brown Breaks Down the Biggest Royal Family Revelations From Her New Book | Charlie Campbell / London | April 25, 2022 | TimeThe big oaf is a couch potato, not a leader for the blind, or for the seeing.
Dog Books: Loving Dogs and Michael Vick’s Crimes Reviewed | Elizabeth Hess | November 10, 2010 | THE DAILY BEASTShakespeare refers to elves as ouphes, which is the same word as oaf and was formerly spelt aulf.
Archaic England | Harold BayleyGerda was out there still, with her brother and the oaf—whose name, Forrester had discovered, was Alvin Sherdlap.
Pagan Passions | Gordon Randall GarrettStrange to say, the oaf seemed to be shedding tears and the quick sympathy went out from Emily's bosom, in spite of the past.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
Then the oaf rose and looked down upon his work, with a childish pleasure.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) LeahyThe oaf began muttering in a low, indistinct murmur, like one soothing a child.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
British Dictionary definitions for oaf
/ (əʊf) /
a stupid or loutish person
Origin of oaf
1Derived forms of oaf
- oafish, adjective
- oafishly, adverb
- oafishness, noun
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