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clownish

  • /ˈklaʊnɪʃ/ UK

Rhymes with -aʊnɪʃ

adjective more clownish · most clownish

  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. archaic Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
  3. archaic Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse. Large were his limbes, and terrible his looke, / And in his clownish hand a sharp bore speare he shooke.

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adj resembling a clown

Españolbufonesco, payasesco
Françaisclownesque
Italianopagliaccesco, claunesco, clownesco, giullaresco, buffonesco

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@misc{clownish_2026,
  title = {clownish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clownish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}