Associations to the word «Oafish»

Wiktionary

OAFISH, adjective. Characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid

Dictionary definition

OAFISH, adjective. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke