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oafishness
noun[ U ]
old-fashioneddisapprovinguk /ˈəʊ.fɪʃ.nəs/ us /ˈoʊ.fɪʃ.nəs/
the quality of being stupid, rude, or awkward: 愚蠢;粗鲁;笨拙
He did not defend her against the oafishness of their host.面对主人的粗鲁，他没有维护她。
The film manages throughout to make his oafishness endearing.这部电影成功地从头到尾一直把他的粗鲁笨拙表现得蠢萌蠢萌的。
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His oafishness is perfectly complemented by his clever daughter.
Their behaviour springs more from foolishness than oafishness.
loud-mouthed drunken oafishness
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stupid and silly behaviour
antics
buffoonery
dottiness
dumbness
fatuousness
foolishness
frivolousness
fruit loopery
game
idiocy
lark
ludicrousness
madness
mindlessness
obtuseness
puerility
screwball
the games (that) people playidiom
tomfoolery
vacuousness
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