Antonyms for oaf

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ohf

Phonetic Transcription : oʊf

Definition of oaf

Origin : 1620s, auf, oph (modern form from 1630s), "a changeling; a foolish child left by the fairies" [Johnson], from a Scandinavian source, cf. Norwegian alfr "silly person," in Old Norse, "elf" (see elf). Hence, "a misbegotten, deformed idiot." Until recently, some dictionaries still gave the plural as oaves.

noun person who is clumsy, stupid

Example sentences :

With Bill Forrester dead, then, had she turned to the oaf for comfort?
Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett

The oaf shambled along, his arm no longer around Gerda's waist.
Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett

Viewed objectively, there was nothing wrong with what the oaf was doing.
Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett

He and Joe were well matched and with the oaf as an ally really he had all the best of it.
Extract from : « Mercenary » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

For a double second he had the oaf alone on his hands and that was sufficient.
Extract from : « Mercenary » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

If he knew how to play his cards—but there, the oaf will put his grate foot in it.
Extract from : « A Daughter of Raasay » by William MacLeod Raine

What was she sent down here for but to catch you, you oaf, you fool, you!
Extract from : « Phoebe, Junior » by Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant

The note in Bell's Chaucer, connecting it with oaf, is wrong.
Extract from : « Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales » by Geoffrey Chaucer

There was little to be done in diplomacy with an oaf like that.
Extract from : « The Fighting Chance » by Robert W. Chambers

"It is the oaf I passed on the pier," cried Shagarach, interrupting Emily.
Extract from : « The Incendiary » by W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy

Synonyms for oaf

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