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oafish::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | boorish, loutish, neandertal, neanderthal, swinish |
her stupid oafish husband.
Examples of oafish
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Plus she's got an oafish environmentally friendly boyfriend waiting in the wings.
From the timesunion.com
Meanwhile, the normally urbane Stephen Fry has found himself in oafish company.
From the guardian.co.uk
Steinbrenner and Brezhnev come together and lock in a sort of oafish sumo embrace.
From the time.com
The human element here is slow, oafish, and utterly ridiculous in its green breeches.
From the independent.co.uk
In the glare of the television cameras, he seemed old-fashioned and oafish.
From the economist.com
But that can change in an instant if our oafish behavior is oafish enough.
From the us.cnn.com
This inexplicably oafish move by the Japanese government caused an instant implosion.
From the forbes.com
This litany of abuse condemns the oafish Mr Rocker out of his own mouth.
From the economist.com
The new bagel is an oafish, candied monstrosity engineered for children and lazy appetites.
From the time.com
- Boorish: ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
- Characteristic of, or resembling an oaf; stupid
- (oafishly) in an oafish manner
