Crossword clues for oafish
oafish
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oafish \Oaf"ish\, a. Like an oaf; simple or clumsy. -- Oaf"ish*ness, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, from oaf + -ish. Related: Oafishly; oafishness.\n
Wiktionary
a. characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid
WordNet
adj. 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" [syn: boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, swinish]
Usage examples of "oafish".
The domination which the huge, oafish Aulf exerted over them showed that.
Septimus was snoring in oafish slumber, Miss Gumm arose, put on her bathing suit, terry-cloth cloak, and sneakers, and went along the snow-covered path to the lake.
The most primitive, simple-minded, rudimentary, oafish, hebetate and thick-witted of all wards!
What use were clumps of oafish animals when billions of humans and mues needed proper governing?
Hello, Onan, it is pleasure to meet you, I said, advancing with a proffered hand extended towards him, which I realized belatedly made me appear oafish, but he took it good naturedly, and with his pleasantness eliminated my unease at shaking the hand of one half my size.
Your puissant knights did hurtle to the attack, did brast their spears on the oafish defenders who didst flee in panic, did thus free the prisoners.
Another oafish Irish shearer, or a clodhopping yokel from some Wahine dairy farm?
It would have been easy to call them oafish and awkward, but the running backs and others demonstrated speed and agility that one might never have guessed.
The Son of Heaven will assign temporal punishment to him and his oafish accomplice, but I had best glance at the Register of Souls to ensure that an earthly sentence will not conflict with a divine one.