Oafish - English meaning

adjective

Causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with.

Usage examples:

Some awkward questions

adjective

Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy.

Usage examples:

A bearish figure with mutton chop whiskers

adjective

Rough and bad-mannered; coarse.

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Boorish behaviour

adjective

Rude and not considering other people's feelings

Usage examples:

I found him rather boorish and aggressive., the boorish behaviour of some tourists is embarrassing.

adjective

Foolish, awkward, or clumsy.

Usage examples:

They stood there looking stiff and cloddish

adjective

Characteristic of or resembling a clown, especially in being foolish, playful, or humorously exaggerated.

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Clownish antics

adjective

Awkward in movement or in handling things.

Usage examples:

The cold made his fingers clumsy

adjective

Awkward in movement or manner

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I’m so clumsy – i keep dropping things., he subsequently wrote a letter to the magazine in an admit…

adjective

Rough or harsh in texture.

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A coarse woollen cloth

adjective

Rough and not smooth or soft

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Coarse hair, coarse linen shirts, now and then coarse laughter broke out., our recipe calls for coa…

adjective

Showing no intelligence or sensitivity.

Usage examples:

The crass assumptions that men make about women

adjective

Foolish or stupid.

adjective

An offensive word to describe a person or a kind of behaviour that is considered to be very stupid or unpleasant

Usage examples:

He made some disgusting, cretinous comments., what sort of cretinous moron are you!

adjective

(of a person) stupid; idiotic.

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A doltish character

adjective

Stupid

Usage examples:

He plays a doltish detective who misses clues that are staring him in the face., they spend every e…

adjective

Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.

Usage examples:

He was foolish enough to confide in her

adjective

Very stupid.

Usage examples:

I was able to hum its idiotic theme tune

adjective

Stupid

adjective

Uncouth and aggressive; thuggish.

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Youths responsible for awful, loutish behaviour

adjective

Behaving in a very rude, offensive, and sometimes violent way

Usage examples:

Loutish behaviour, she complained to me about a couple of loutish students.

adjective

Moving in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Usage examples:

Bob was a big, lumbering, gentle sort

noun

The action of cutting and preparing forest timber for transport and sale.

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The traditional resource industries of the nation, chiefly fishing and lumbering

verb

Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Usage examples:

A truck lumbered past

adjective

(in marxist contexts) uninterested in revolutionary advancement.

Usage examples:

The lumpen public is enveloped in a culture of dependency

plural noun

The lumpenproletariat.

Usage examples:

And none ever sucked so much money out of the lumpen.

adjective

Used to describe people who are not clever or well educated, and who are not interested in changing or improving their situation

Usage examples:

The lumpen proletariat (= unskilled working people)

noun

An uncivilized, unintelligent, or uncouth person (typically used of a man).

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The stereotype of the mechanic as a macho neanderthal

adjective

An extinct species of human that was widely distributed in ice-age europe between c. 120,000 and 35,000 years ago, with a receding forehead and prominent brow ridges. the neanderthals were associated with the mousterian flint industry of the middle palaeolithic.

noun

One of the ancient people who lived in europe and asia from approximately 30,000 to 150,000 years ago

Usage examples:

A neanderthal skeleton

adjective

Having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level.

Usage examples:

They had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground

adverb

In a manner that lacks gentleness; harshly or violently.

Usage examples:

Treat 'em rough but treat 'em fair

noun

A disreputable and violent person.

Usage examples:

The rear of the column was attacked by roughs

adjective

Having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense.

Usage examples:

I was stupid enough to think she was perfect

noun

A stupid person (often used as a term of address).

Usage examples:

You're not a coward, stupid!

adjective

Lacking thought or intelligence

Usage examples:

I just made another stupid mistake., turn off that stupid program!, can you believe my stupidity? i…

adjective

Lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.

Usage examples:

He is unwashed, uncouth, and drunk most of the time

adjective

(of a person or a person's behavior) rude and unpleasant

adjective

Not characterized by good taste, manners, or education.

Usage examples:

To my uncultured palate most of the wines were good

adjective

Someone who is uncultured has not had a good education and does not know a lot about art, music, painting, etc.

Usage examples:

He accused modern schools of churning out uncultured children., they regarded their country cousins…

adjective

(of a person or movement) awkward; clumsy.

Usage examples:

An ungainly walk

adjective

Awkward in movement