Clownish
adjective
Acting like a clown or jester, often foolishly or in a silly way.
His clownish behavior at the formal event was inappropriate.
Often appears as...
- clownish behavior
- clownish antics
adjective
Acting like a clown or jester, often foolishly or in a silly way.
His clownish behavior at the formal event was inappropriate.
Often appears as...
- clownish behavior
- clownish antics
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negatively Viewed
While 'clownish' can seem fun, it's often used to criticize someone's behavior as foolish or embarrassing in serious situations.
His constant interruptions during the meeting were seen as clownish by the executives.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Settings
'Clownish' is more suitable for informal language and can sound out of place in formal writing or speeches.
Her clownish mimicry was a hit at the family barbecue.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Funny
Sometimes 'clownish' implies that someone isn't deliberately trying to be funny, but rather they are unintentionally acting in a silly way.
His clownish attempt at fixing the sink only lead to a bigger leak.
Pro Tip 1/3Negatively Viewed
While 'clownish' can seem fun, it's often used to criticize someone's behavior as foolish or embarrassing in serious situations.
His constant interruptions during the meeting were seen as clownish by the executives.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Settings
'Clownish' is more suitable for informal language and can sound out of place in formal writing or speeches.
Her clownish mimicry was a hit at the family barbecue.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Funny
Sometimes 'clownish' implies that someone isn't deliberately trying to be funny, but rather they are unintentionally acting in a silly way.
His clownish attempt at fixing the sink only lead to a bigger leak.
Pro Tip 1/3Negatively Viewed
While 'clownish' can seem fun, it's often used to criticize someone's behavior as foolish or embarrassing in serious situations.
His constant interruptions during the meeting were seen as clownish by the executives.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Settings
'Clownish' is more suitable for informal language and can sound out of place in formal writing or speeches.
Her clownish mimicry was a hit at the family barbecue.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Funny
Sometimes 'clownish' implies that someone isn't deliberately trying to be funny, but rather they are unintentionally acting in a silly way.
His clownish attempt at fixing the sink only lead to a bigger leak.
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Video examples
Dwan Reece: The origins...
The cast included a roster of recurring characters. The interlocutor acted as the emcee. You had Mr. Tambo and Mr. Bones as the end men. Then you also had characters like the clownish slave Jim Crow, which was also the name of the Jim Crow laws
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 218 PIPE...
sitting there not quite gormless lee but one cannot feel any resentment for him stealing the killer from his sister it just seems to be what he does and then he looked there clownish lee into the
Video examples
Dwan Reece: The origins...
The cast included a roster of recurring characters. The interlocutor acted as the emcee. You had Mr. Tambo and Mr. Bones as the end men. Then you also had characters like the clownish slave Jim Crow, which was also the name of the Jim Crow laws
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 218 PIPE...
sitting there not quite gormless lee but one cannot feel any resentment for him stealing the killer from his sister it just seems to be what he does and then he looked there clownish lee into the
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Edge
Canadian Actor
Wrestling has to be more aggressive. It has to be bigger; it has to translate to the back of a football stadium. With acting, when that camera is up close, they can see your nose hairs twitch, and you have to pull back everything for it not to look clownish. There is that different mindset.
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James Buchan
British Novelist
Last chances in the Middle East have been two a dirham since the 1950s. Each year the enmities are more profound, the despots more bloodthirsty and clownish, the violence more extreme, and the conditions of ordinary existence more ghastly.
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Robert Whittaker
Australian Athlete
Michael Bisping's whole life is a film scene. He's always acting. Confronting me at UFC 213, it makes me laugh. It's a bit clownish.
Quote examples
Edge
Canadian Actor
Wrestling has to be more aggressive. It has to be bigger; it has to translate to the back of a football stadium. With acting, when that camera is up close, they can see your nose hairs twitch, and you have to pull back everything for it not to look clownish. There is that different mindset.
Quote examples
James Buchan
British Novelist
Last chances in the Middle East have been two a dirham since the 1950s. Each year the enmities are more profound, the despots more bloodthirsty and clownish, the violence more extreme, and the conditions of ordinary existence more ghastly.
Quote examples
Robert Whittaker
Australian Athlete
Michael Bisping's whole life is a film scene. He's always acting. Confronting me at UFC 213, it makes me laugh. It's a bit clownish.
Example 1 of 3
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