oafishness
noun[U]
old-fashioneddisapprovinguk/ˈəʊ.fɪʃ.nəs/us/ˈoʊ.fɪʃ.nəs/thequalityof beingstupid,rude, orawkward:
He did notdefendher against the oafishness oftheirhost.
Thefilmmanagesthroughoutto make his oafishnessendearing.
See
oafish
- His oafishness isperfectlycomplementedby hiscleverdaughter.
- Theirbehaviourspringsmore fromfoolishnessthan oafishness.
- loud-moutheddrunkenoafishness
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