Meanings
comparative more oafish · superlative most oafish
- Characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid.
1 more example
"I don't wanter hyar uv nary one uv my gals bein' seen on airy street uv thisyer town, a-havin' no flirty flatter talk with thet wild Culberton younun!" was the popular edict that lazy, oafish fathers shot across dinner tables—as they packed down knivesful of baked chicken dressing, and “sooed" saucers of coffee through long mustaches, like muddy water seeping through broom grass!
1931, Marie MacKenzie, Trix MacKenzie, Life and Lingo, page 39
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian слабоумен
- слабоумен (slaboumen)characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid
Hungarian féleszű, nehézfejű
- féleszűcharacteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid
- nehézfejűcharacteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid
- oktalancharacteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid
- ügyefogyottcharacteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid
- ügyetlencharacteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid
- idétlencharacteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid
- ostobacharacteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid
Swedish drummelaktig, bufflig
- drummelaktigcharacteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid
- buffligcharacteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid
Cite this entry
oafish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oafish
“oafish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oafish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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