How do you use Oafish in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like boorish or loutish, plus the exact meaning.
Oafish in a sentence
Oafish meaning
Characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid.
Synonyms of Oafish
Using Oafish
- The main meaning on this page is: Characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid.
- Useful related words include: boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal.
Context around Oafish
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oafish
- In this selection, "oafish" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, zack, greed and people stand out and add context to how "oafish" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by an oafish upperclassman the and combination of oafish greed and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oafish" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aapp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oafish
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The development of their romantic relationship would have been a joy to see — more so than with the oafish Zack. (20 words)
Greer is groped at a party by an oafish upperclassman, the administration does nothing, and Greer wants to fight back. (20 words)
Instead, baseball remains on lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic and, I should add, a combination of oafish greed and bizarro-world self-awareness that has fueled pretty much the worst-timed management-labor dispute ever. (36 words)
In response to a question from Fort Lauderdale, Fla.: Money-losing Yahoo, which employed the most oafish people I’ve ever talked to, was purchased by Verizon in 2017 for the princely sum of $4.8 billion. (37 words)
Instead, baseball remains on lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic and, I should add, a combination of oafish greed and bizarro-world self-awareness that has fueled pretty much the worst-timed management-labor dispute ever. (36 words)
The development of their romantic relationship would have been a joy to see — more so than with the oafish Zack. (20 words)
Example sentences (4)
The development of their romantic relationship would have been a joy to see — more so than with the oafish Zack.
Instead, baseball remains on lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic and, I should add, a combination of oafish greed and bizarro-world self-awareness that has fueled pretty much the worst-timed management-labor dispute ever.
In response to a question from Fort Lauderdale, Fla.: Money-losing Yahoo, which employed the most oafish people I’ve ever talked to, was purchased by Verizon in 2017 for the princely sum of $4.8 billion.
Greer is groped at a party by an oafish upperclassman, the administration does nothing, and Greer wants to fight back.