12 Letter Words for Clownishness
clownishness
10 Letter Words for Clownishness
cowishness, lowishness, owlishness
9 Letter Words for Clownishness
lewissons, showiness, snowiness, snowlines, snowshine
8 Letter Words for Clownishness
cessions, chelonin, chinless, chinones, cholines, clownish, helcosis, helicons, holiness, lewisson, nosiness, ochlesis, onliness, ossicles, scension, showless, sissonne, slowness, snowless, snowline, whosises, wishless, wishness
7 Letter Words for Clownishness
cession, chesils, chinles, chinone, chisels, choline, chowses, cineols, closish, conessi, conines, connies, conseil, cosines, cosshen, cossies, elshins, esloins, essoins, helicon, helonin, helosis, inconel, innless, insoles, isohels, lesions, lessons, lichens, linches, lioness, loessic, lowness, nelsons, neossin, newlins, nochels, nowness, oscines, osseins, ossicle, ownness, schesis, schloss, scissel, sencion, sension, session, sheolic, shiness, shinnes, sinless, sissone, slishes, sloshes, slowish, snowish, sonless, sonnies, swishes, wennish, whinnel, whisses, whissle, winches, winless, winnles
6 Letter Words for Clownishness
cessio, chesil, cheson, chiels, chiloe, chines, chinol, chinos, chinse, chisel, choile, choise, cholis, chosen, choses, chowse, cineol, clines, clises, cloine, clones, closen, closes, clowns, coelin, cohens, coisns, colies, colins, conine, conins, connes, connie, coshes, cosine, cosins, cosses, cossie, cowish, elchis, eloins, elshin, elsins, encoil, encowl, ennoic, enolic, enosis, ensnow, eosins, esloin, essoin, helios, hissel, hisses, hoises, holies, hosels, hosses, icones, inches, inchon, incles, inless, inness, inshoe, insole, iscose, isohel, lennow, lesion, lesson, lichen, liches, linens, lionne, lisses, loshes, losses, lowish, lownes, lowses, lowsin, nelson, newish, niches, nicols, nisses, nochel, noesis, noises, nonces, noshes, nosies, nosine, nossel, nowels, nowhen, nowise, oleins, onless, online, oscine, ossein, owches, owlish, scheol, schone, scions, scones, scowls, selion, sencio, sewins, sheols, shiels, shines, shinne, silens, sinews, siwens, slices, snowie, socies, socles, solein, solens, sonces, sonics, sonnes, sonses, sonsie, sossle, sowces, sowens, sowins, sowish, sowles, sownes, sowses, sowsse, swines, swones, whenso, whiles, whines, wholes, whosen, whosis, wiches, wilson, winces, winnel, winnle, winoes, wishes, wissel, wisses, wisshe, wissle, wlench
5 Letter Words for Clownishness
ceils, chess, chews, chiel, chien, chine, chino, chins, chios, chloe, choel, choil, choli, chons, chose, chows, ciels, cinel, cines, cions, clews, clies, cline, cloes, clone, clons, close, closh, clown, clows, cohen, coils, coins, colen, coles, colin, cones, conin, conli, conne, conns, cosen, coses, cosie, cosin, cosse, cowle, cowls, elchi, eloin, elsin, enoch, enoil, enols, enows, ensis, eolic, eosin, eshin, heils, helco, helio, helis, helos, hoise, holes, hones, hosel, hosen, hoses, howel, howes, howls, hsien, iches, icons, ileon, incle, inone, insol, ishes, isles, isoln, leish, leiss, lench, lenin, lenis, lenos, lessn, lewis, liens, liesh, linch, linen, lines, linns, linon, linos, lions, liwen, loche, lochi, loess, loins, losen, loses, lowes, lowne, lowns, lowse, lweis, nelis, neons, niche, nicol, nihon, nines, ninos, nisse, noels, nohes, noils, noise, noles, nonce, nones, nonic, noses, nowch, nowel, nowls, oches, oenin, oleic, olein, onces, oncin, oscin, owche, owsen, scion, scone, scowl, scows, secno, secos, seils, senso, sewin, sheol, shewn, shews, shice, shiel, shies, shine, shins, shisn, shoes, shole, shone, shown, shows, sices, sicle, siens, silen, siles, silos, since, sines, sinew, sinhs, sinon, sises, sison, slews, slice, slich, sline, slish, sloes, slone, slosh, slows, snies, snowl, snows, socle, soils, solei, solen, soles, sonce, sones, sonic, sonne, sonse, sosie, sowce, sowel, sowle, sowls, sowne, sowse, swies, swile, swine, swish, swiss, swoln, swone, swosh, weils, welsh, wench, whein, whens, while, whils, whine, whins, whiss, whole, whone, whose, whsle, wiels, wilco, wiles, wince, winch, wines, winns, winos, wises, wisse
4 Letter Words for Clownishness
ceil, cels, cens, cess, chen, chew, chil, chin, chis, chol, chon, chow, ciel, cine, cion, clew, clin, clio, clon, clos, clow, coes, coil, coin, cole, coli, cols, cone, coni, conn, cons, cose, cosh, coss, cowl, cows, echo, ecol, econ, elhi, encl, enol, enow, eons, heil, heli, helo, hens, hews, hics, hies, hile, hine, hins, hisn, hiss, hoes, hoin, hole, holi, hols, holw, hone, hons, hose, hoss, howe, howl, hows, ices, icho, ichs, icon, inch, incl, inne, inns, iocs, ions, isle, isls, isos, lech, leis, leno, lens, leon, leos, less, lice, lich, lien, lies, line, linn, lino, lins, lion, lish, liss, loci, locn, loin, lone, lose, losh, loss, lowe, lown, lows, lwei, nein, neon, nesh, ness, news, nice, nies, nile, nils, nine, noel, noes, noil, nole, none, nose, nosh, nowl, nown, nows, nsec, oche, ochs, oeci, oils, oles, once, ones, oses, osse, owes, owls, owns, owse, scho, scil, scow, scsi, sech, seco, secs, seil, seis, sels, sens, sess, sewn, sews, shes, shew, shin, shoe, show, sice, sich, sics, sien, sile, silo, sine, sinh, sins, siol, sion, sise, sish, siss, slew, sloe, slon, slow, snew, snow, soce, socs, soil, sole, soln, sols, sone, sons, sosh, soss, sowl, sown, sows, weil, weli, wels, wens, when, whin, whse, wice, wich, wiel, wile, wine, winn, wino, wins, wise, wish, wiss, woes, wone, wons
3 Letter Words for Clownishness
cel, cen, ceo, che, chi, chn, cho, chs, cie, cis, cli, clo, cns, col, con, cos, cow, csi, csw, cwo, ech, eco, ehs, eli, els, enc, enl, ens, eon, eos, esc, ess, hcl, hei, hel, hen, heo, hes, hew, hic, hie, hin, his, hoc, hoe, hoi, hol, hon, hos, how, ice, ich, ihs, ile, ilo, inc, inn, ins, ion, ios, ise, ish, isl, isn, iso, iwo, lei, leo, les, lew, lie, lin, lis, loc, loe, los, low, lsc, nco, nei, neo, new, nie, nil, nis, nne, nnw, noh, nol, non, nos, now, och, oes, ohs, oie, oil, ois, ole, one, oni, ons, ose, osi, owe, owl, own, ows, sch, sci, sec, sei, sel, sen, sew, she, shi, sho, sic, sie, sil, sin, sis, sle, soc, sol, son, sow, sse, ssh, ssw, wcs, wen, who, whs, win, wis, woe, won, wos
Definitions for Clownishness
[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 Clownishness
clownfool, jester, mime, buffoon, comedian, comic, prankster, lout, cut-up, madcap, harlequin, wag, ribald, jokester, punch, joker, mountebank, wit, zany, antic
Words nearby Clownishness
clowncloverleaf aerial, clovis, clovis i, clovis point, clowder, clown, clown anemone, clown car, clown white, clownery, cloxacillin
Origin of Clownishness
1555–65; earlier cloyne, clowne, perhaps akin to Old Norse klunni boor, Danish dialect klunds, Swedish dialect klunn log
Other words from Clownishness
clown·ish , adjective
clown·ish·ly , adverb
clown·ish·ness , noun
Word origin for Clownishness
C16: perhaps of Low German origin; compare Frisian klönne, Icelandic klunni clumsy fellow
Synonyms for Clownishness
bluffing, farce, frolicking, jesting, joshing, kidding, roughhouse, roughhousing, sham, skylarking, spoofing, teasing, trifling, buffoonery, high jinks, horseplay, making light, mockery, nonsense, pretense, rowdiness