oafish

oaf

 (ōf)

n.

A person regarded as stupid or clumsy.

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[Old Norse alfr, elf, silly person; see albho- in Indo-European roots.]

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oaf′ish adj.

oaf′ish·ly adv.

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Adj.

1.

oafish - 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" boorish, loutish, neanderthal, swinish, neandertal unrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"

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oafish

adjective loutish, stupid, gross, thick, rough, dull, dim, dense, dumb (informal), coarse, lumbering, bovine, churlish, brutish, dozy (Brit. informal), stolid, boorish, moronic, gawky, obtuse, uncouth, lumpen (informal), slow on the uptake (informal), ill-bred, lumpish, swinish, dumb-ass (slang), clodhopping (informal), doltish, unmannerly, boneheaded (slang), ill-mannered, dim-witted (informal) He's nothing but a bigoted, oafish lout.
bright, sharp, acute, smart, clever, intelligent, brainy (informal), quick-witted

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Translations

شَخْص أخْرَق أو أبْلَه

tåbelig

dumm

mufle

klaufalegur

ingenuostupidotonto

dustet

ahmak

畸形的痴呆的

oafish

[ˈəʊfɪʃ] ADJ → zafio

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oafish

adj → flegelhaft, lümmelhaft; (= clumsy) → tölpelhaft

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oafish

[ˈəʊfɪʃ] adj (behaviour) → da zoticone/a
an oafish person → uno/a zoticone/a

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oaf

(əuf) noun

a stupid or clumsy person. That stupid oaf is always knocking things over. uilskuiken, idioot, lomperd ساذِج، أبلَه، أخرَق простак imbecil trouba der Dummkopf fjols βλάκαςpatán, palurdo, zoquete lollpea آدم احمق و پخمه moukka balourd, ourdeגולם बेवकूफ glupan mamlasz orang tolol auli; klaufi balordo のろま 바보, 멍청이 mulkis, stuobrys muļķis; lempis orang bodoh pummeldust; klossmajor przygłup, niezdara بى ادبه او لوده imbecil prost, nerod тупица; неуклюжии человек trúba tepec smotanko fån[e], drummel คนโง่ ahmak kimse 蠢人，畸形兒 телепень, йолоп احمق kẻ ngu ngốc 蠢人，畸形儿

ˈoafish adjective

onnosel, torrerig شَخْص أخْرَق أو أبْلَه просташки atrapalhado nemotorný dumm tåbelig αποβλακωμένος, αδέξιοςtorpe, bruto lollakas احمق idioottimainen mufleטיפש मूर्ख, बुद्धू glup hülye tolol klaufalegur ばかな 우둔한 kvailokas, stačiokiškas pamuļķis; lempīgs bodoh klungeligdustet; klosset głupkowaty, niezdarny بى عقله، احمق aparvalhado prost, nerod тупой; неуклюжий nemotorný butast smotan fånig, drumlig โง่ ahmak 癡呆的，畸形的 незграбний; придуркуватий احمقانہ đần độn 痴呆的，畸形的

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