Clownish

//ˈklaʊnɪʃ// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.

    "Even worse, the zombies' clownish makeup, with a stark white base and black shoe polish around the eyes, looks amateurish."

  2. 2
    Pertaining to peasants; rustic. archaic
  3. 3
    Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse. archaic

    "Large were his limbes, and terrible his looke, / And in his clownish hand a sharp bore speare he shooke."

Adjective
  1. 1
    like a clown wordnet

Synonyms

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all thumbsawkwardblunderheadedboorishbuffoonishbuffoonish

Example

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"I am not amused by your clownish antics."

Etymology

From clown + -ish.

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