Thesaurus entry: oafish

Article: Oafish On Art
The Washington Post;  January 13, 1990 ;     330 words ... ... but it is not beyond observation. The difference between a "high-quality reproduction" and a painting may be small to the oafish, but it remains, whatever its measure, significant. It is the difference between a cadaver and a body. The suggestion that ...

Article: Oafish owner offends client
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 5, 2000 ;     693 words ... ... beautiful ladies here for lunch. I'd like to put you at this prominent table because you'll brighten up my dining room!" The oafish owner who made that insensitive remark to you may not have realized how much his comment hurt you, but if he's in the habit ...

Article: Arrogant, oafish, barely literate. A Texan gunslinger with ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... absolutely no long-term good will come from the overthrow of the Iraqi dictator. George W. Bush, so the script goes, is an oafish, arrogant, Stetson-wearing, barely literate Texan gunslinger who will - once he's deliberately 'murdered' a few more ...

Article: Letter: Oafish.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England);  March 3, 1999 ;     274 words ... ... Originally, Barry Dennis was scheduled to appear on The Vanessa Show, but the producers were worried that the person displaying such oafish behaviour was really Harry Enfield sending up the bookmaking profession. PETER HARRIS St Ives Cornwall

Article: Goodman revels in Coens' `oafish noir'
The Press;  August 28, 1998 ;     604 words ... ... awaited offering from the Coen brothers. The actor scratches his chin, screws his face, and eventually comes back with ``oafish noir''. Which isn't a bad description of a movie that weaves plot strands of mistaken identity, embezzlement, deception ...

Article: Letter to the Editor: Oafish dad struck fear into young ...
New Haven Register;  August 20, 2006 ;     454 words ... ... umpire, who was no more than 18 years old, did nothing to control this unacceptable behavior as he was also intimidated by the oafish actions. Our team fell apart and gave up eight runs that inning to lose the game. Our children were crushed, in spirit and ...

Article: The shrill Tory ladies and the oafish Labour ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... and legal proprieties. They sounded like children in a 'did/didn't' argument. Others joined in: shrill Tory ladies, oafish Labour gents. The din became interminable. Those of us in the galleries listened as best we could but brainache soon set in ...