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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
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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