oaf Definition
oaf (ōf)
noun
- Obsolete changeling (sense )
- a stupid person; specif., a stupid, clumsy fellow; lout
Etymology: earlier auf, ouphe < ON alfr, elf
oaf Related Forms
oaf′·ish adjective
oaf′·ishly adverb
oaf Synonyms
oaf Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- clumsy: Would you like to make the buttons bigger you clumsy oaf.
- lumbering: Heskey was a lumbering oaf with a poor goalscoring record at Leicester, his England prospects were laughed at.
- drunken: Whenever some drunken oaf asks, ' Where's your Christmas spirit?
- boorish: Others see him as a boorish oaf who no longer deserves any respect after marching across the line of Olazabal's putt.
- pompous: He is a pompous oaf -- he seriously thought he had kept the law all his life!
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