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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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˜yÐÄvlog 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

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.

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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.

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Yet the light charm, mostly offered by Shen as the oafish sidekick, serves as a saving grace amid the shadowy political games.

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She essentially called environmentalists “boneheaded,†“oafish,†“ham-handed†and “stupider than the right.â€

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You shouldn’t deny yourself a good technology because some oafish environmentalist tried to force it on you.

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