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oaf
[ ohf ]
noun
- a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
Synonyms: ,
- a simpleton; dunce; blockhead.
Synonyms: ,
- Archaic.
- a deformed or mentally deficient child.
- a changeling.
oaf
/ əʊ /
noun
- a stupid or loutish person
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Derived Forms
- ˈDzھԱ, noun
- ˈDzھ, adverb
- ˈDzھ, adjective
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Other 51Թs From
- Dzi adjective
- Dzi·ly adverb
- Dzi·ness noun
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of oaf1
C17: variant of Old English æ elf
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Synonym Study
See boorish ( def ).
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Example Sentences
She scrutinized the vicissitudes of the New York City Ballet as well as the feats of the ballroom-dancing pros and celebrity oafs of the popular TV series, “Dancing With the Stars.”
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The daughter is married to a bumbling oaf, whom she bullies with real glee.
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The venture left Stanford one of the world’s wealthiest men, though not, Harris suggests, by his own merit, especially “given the amount of financial chicanery going on” and his reputation as a “big oaf.”
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I just have the sense that life is just this clumsy oaf.
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“I’ve never tried to avoid that. I’m not some remorseless oaf.”
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