oafish (Meaning)
oafish (s)
ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
oafish (a.)
Like an oaf; simple.
Synonyms & Antonyms of oafish
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- apt
- sharp
- fast
- quick
- sagacious
- apt
- savvy
- bright
- brilliant
- smart
- brainy
- intellectual
- astute
- brilliant
- fast
- sharp
- wise
- clever
- ingenious
- brainy
- wise
- resourceful
- keen
- keen
- acute
- cerebral
- bright
- clever
- smart
- quick
- nimble
- resourceful
- acute
- sagacious
- ingenious
- intelligent
- intellectual
- astute
- cerebral
- intelligent
- savvy
- nimble
Synonyms:
- gormless
- imbecilic
- unreasonable
- pinheaded
- lamebrain
- dense
- ignorant
- irrational
- cretinous
- thickheaded
- dull
- brain-dead
- mad
- witless
- airheaded
- empty-headed
- lunkheaded
- foolish
- obtuse
- boneheaded
- thick-witted
- half-witted
- weak-minded
- fatuous
- dorky
- idiotic
- moronic
- knuckleheaded
- chuckleheaded
- bonehead
- dim
- unintelligent
- dim-witted
- opaque
- brainless
- slow-witted
- dopy
- soft
- birdbrained
- silly
- softheaded
- lamebrained
- crazy
- senseless
- insane
- mindless
- idiotical
- vacuous
- dopey
- unsmart
- bubbleheaded
- dunderheaded
Antonyms:
- learned
- wily
- literate
- trained
- educated
- hyperintelligent
- erudite
- thinking
- skilled
- educated
- sage
- highbrow
- sage
- literate
- insightful
- sapient
- skilled
- sound
- cunning
- thinking
- crafty
- knowing
- informed
- supersmart
- quick-witted
- perspicacious
- informed
- discerning
- shrewd
- scholarly
- sound
- knowledgeable
- crafty
- keen
- perceptive
- scholarly
- sapient
- supersmart
- discerning
- hyperintelligent
- wily
- shrewd
- sharp-witted
- keen
- cunning
- knowledgeable
- learned
- trained
- ultrasmart
- ultrasmart
- perceptive
- knowing
- erudite
- sharp-witted
- highbrow
- insightful
- quick-witted
- perspicacious
Synonyms:
- daft
- harebrained
- untaught
- lunatic
- zany
- feebleminded
- preposterous
- illogical
- illiterate
- cockeyed
- crackpot
- nutty
- looney
- invalid
- daffy
- balmy
- lowbrow
- kooky
- tomfool
- uninformed
- absurd
- unwise
- unthinking
- wacky
- dippy
- sappy
- whacky
- asinine
- imbecile
- nonsensical
- fool
- fallacious
- uneducated
- cuckoo
- loony
- dotty
- unintellectual
- simpleminded
- screwball
Antonyms:
oafish Sentence Examples
- His oafish behavior at the party embarrassed everyone around him.
- Despite his intelligence, he sometimes exhibited oafish tendencies in social settings.
- The oafish waiter spilled soup on the guests while serving dinner.
- She found his oafish jokes more annoying than amusing.
- His oafish attempts at flirting made her cringe.
- The oafish driver caused a traffic jam with his reckless maneuvers.
- Despite his good intentions, his oafish manners often offended people.
- The new employee's oafishness grated on the nerves of his coworkers.
- She struggled to tolerate his oafish behavior during their dinner date.
- His oafish clumsiness was a constant source of frustration for those around him.
FAQs About the word oafish
ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearanceLike an oaf; simple.
stupid, slow, simple, doltish, thick, dumb, gormless, imbecilic, unreasonable, pinheaded
apt, sharp, fast, quick, sagacious, apt, savvy, bright, brilliant, smart
His oafish behavior at the party embarrassed everyone around him.
Despite his intelligence, he sometimes exhibited oafish tendencies in social settings.
The oafish waiter spilled soup on the guests while serving dinner.
She found his oafish jokes more annoying than amusing.
