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Showing words for CLOWNISH using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Clownish

clownish

6 Letter Words for Clownish

chinol, chinos, cholis, clowns, colins, cowish, lowish, lowsin, nicols, owlish, wilson

5 Letter Words for Clownish

chino, chins, chios, choil, choli, chons, chows, cions, clons, closh, clown, clows, coils, coins, colin, conli, cosin, cowls, howls, icons, insol, isoln, linch, linos, lions, lochi, loins, lowns, nicol, noils, nowch, nowls, oscin, scion, scowl, shown, slich, snowl, sonic, swoln, whils, whins, wilco, winch, winos

4 Letter Words for Clownish

chil, chin, chis, chol, chon, chow, cion, clin, clio, clon, clos, clow, coil, coin, coli, cols, coni, cons, cosh, cowl, cows, hics, hins, hisn, hoin, holi, hols, holw, hons, howl, hows, icho, ichs, icon, inch, incl, iocs, ions, lich, lino, lins, lion, lish, loci, locn, loin, losh, lown, lows, nils, noil, nosh, nowl, nows, ochs, oils, owls, owns, scho, scil, scow, shin, show, sich, silo, sinh, siol, sion, slon, slow, snow, soil, soln, sowl, sown, whin, wich, wino, wins, wish, wons

3 Letter Words for Clownish

chi, chn, cho, chs, cis, cli, clo, cns, col, con, cos, cow, csi, csw, cwo, hcl, hic, hin, his, hoc, hoi, hol, hon, hos, how, ich, ihs, ilo, inc, ins, ion, ios, ish, isl, isn, iso, iwo, lin, lis, loc, los, low, lsc, nco, nil, nis, noh, nol, nos, now, och, ohs, oil, ois, oni, ons, osi, owl, own, ows, sch, sci, shi, sho, sic, sil, sin, soc, sol, son, sow, wcs, who, whs, win, wis, won, wos

Definitions for Clownish

[1] a comic performer, as in a circus, theatrical production, or the like, who wears an outlandish costume and makeup and entertains by pantomiming common situations or actions in exaggerated or ridiculous fashion, by juggling or tumbling, etc.
[2] a person who acts like a clown; comedian; joker; buffoon; jester.
[3] a prankster; a practical joker.
[4] Slang . a coarse, ill-bred person; a boor.
[5] a peasant; rustic.
[6] to act like a clown.
[7] a comic entertainer, usually grotesquely costumed and made up, appearing in the circus
[8] any performer who elicits an amused response
[9] someone who plays jokes or tricks
[10] a person who acts in a comic or buffoon-like manner
[11] a coarse clumsy rude person; boor
[12] archaic a countryman or rustic
[13] to perform as a clown
[14] to play jokes or tricks
[15] to act foolishly

Words related to Clownish

clownkooky, eccentric, wacky, madcap, goofy, sappy, loony, comical, campy, rude, tasteless, vulgar, churlish, impolite, ugly, barbaric, uncivilized, coarse, bulky, ungainly

Words nearby Clownish

clowncloverleaf aerial, clovis, clovis i, clovis point, clowder, clown, clown anemone, clown car, clown white, clownery, cloxacillin

Origin of Clownish

1555–65; earlier cloyne, clowne, perhaps akin to Old Norse klunni boor, Danish dialect klunds, Swedish dialect klunn log

Other words from Clownish

clown·ish , adjective
clown·ish·ly , adverb
clown·ish·ness , noun

Word origin for Clownish

C16: perhaps of Low German origin; compare Frisian klönne, Icelandic klunni clumsy fellow

Synonyms for Clownish

bad-mannered, barbaric, bearish, bungling, cantankerous, churlish, cloddish, clodhopping, clumsy, coarse, dense, doltish, gross, gruff, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impolite, loud, oafish, ornery, rough, rude, rustic, swinish, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, uneducated, unmannerly, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar