oafish
US/ˈoʊfɪʃ/
oafish adjective: characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid.
Adjective
oafish (comparative more oafish, superlative most oafish)
- Characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid.
- "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"...1931, Marie MacKenzie, Trix MacKenzie, Life and Lingo, page 39
oafish meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
oafish in Urdu
- ابلہ, بےوقوف, بھونڈا, غیرمہذب
oafish in Bengali
- বোকার মতো, অনাড়ি, নির্বোধ
oafish in Malayalam
- foolish, stupid, idiotic
- മഠയത്തരമായ, മരമണ്ടനായ, വിഡ്ഢിത്തമായ, മന്ദബുദ്ധിയായ, വിവേകശൂന്യമായ, വിവവേകരഹിതമായ
oafish in Kannada
- ದಡ್ಡತನದ, ಗಾಂಪನಾದ
Forms of oafish
| comparative | more oafish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most oafish |
Origin of oafish
From oaf + -ish.
Words formed from oafish
Questions about oafish
- What does oafish mean?
- Oafish means characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid.
- What is oafish in Urdu?
- Oafish in Urdu is ابلہ, بےوقوف, بھونڈا. See Oafish meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is oafish?
- Oafish is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce oafish?
- Oafish is pronounced /ˈoʊfɪʃ/ (US).
Words near oafish in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: oafish (page history and authors); oafish (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); oafish (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); oafish (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); oafish (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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