oafishness
- noun
- /ˈoʊfɪʃnəs/
:
torpeza
- Her oafishness in social situations often led to awkward silences at parties.
On the count of criminal oafishness and being just a overall stooge and goober.
- On the count of criminal oafishness and being just a overall stooge and goober.
Examples
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The child's oafishness was evident when he knocked over the chair while trying to sit down.
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His oafishness made him stumble over his own feet during the dance class.
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She was a woman, God bless her, of whom I simply could not be afraid; but I was curious to see how my oafishness sat with her.
Fiction book (1994) -
He's like that football star who heads off to college and realizes that the girls don't really like his oafishness anymore.
Blog text (29) -
While all the smart people I know have absolutely no use for Republicans, there is still this frustration with Democrats for not getting things done when they have the chance, and for not dealing with Republican deceit and oafishness with a more firm backhand.
Blog text (8) -
"Wow," I said again, wincing at my verbal oafishness but also at the memory of my teammates and me, all of us wearing the expensive New Balance running shoes our parents had bought us, bitching and whining every time.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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3.3
Lack of smooth, graceful movement or behavior that looks awkward
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3.6
Lack of skill or grace when moving, often causing trips
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9.7
An awkward choice of words or style that makes speech and writing uncomfortable
A lack of smooth, polite movement or social behavior
Awkward behaviour that shows little social skill
Awkward or rude behavior in social situations that makes people feel uncomfortable
To act in an awkward, silly way that makes others feel embarrassed or annoyed
A clumsy, awkward way of moving or looking
Clumsy movement or posture that looks uncomfortable
Lack of grace in movement or posture that looks clumsy
Clumsy actions that cause small accidents or mistakes
A way someone acts or looks that seems not proper in public
Antonyms
How Clumsy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Oafishness comes from oaf, which long ago meant a 'changeling' or a child people thought an elf had left instead of their own child, and later the word came to mean a big, clumsy person. So oafishness is the quality of being 'clumsy' or 'awkward'.