| 单词 | oafish |
| 释义 | oafish (once / 106481 pages) adj If someone says you're oafish, they think you're mean, clumsy, and not very smart. Maybe it's the way you barreled into the classroom, knocking over a chair and not apologizing as you smacked people in the head with your backpack. Oafish behavior could include breaking your grandparents' best china as you attempt a magic trick with the tablecloth; clumsily hurting someone's feelings; or shoving a child out of the way in your rush to be the first to collect piñata candy. This derogatory adjective dates from the early seventeenth century, from oaf, "a foolish child left by fairies," which may stem from the Norwegian alfr, "silly person." WORD FAMILYoafish: oafishly+/oaf: oafish, oafs USAGE EXAMPLESCan the oafish and absurd Donald Trump really be worse? The New Yorker(Nov 03, 2016) And therefore, we have to understand Trump’s misogynistic remarks as not being as oafish as they seem. Time(Oct 05, 2016) Trump, by bringing such cracked reasoning into the mainstream, becomes a truly sinister figure, rather than merely oafish. The New Yorker(Sep 13, 2016) adj ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance her stupid oafish husband Syn boorish, loutish, neandertal, neanderthal, swinish unrefined (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth |
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