Examples of 'clownish' in a sentence
Meaning of "clownish"
clownish (adjective) - Describes someone or something that resembles or behaves like a clown, often in a silly or foolish manner
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- Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
- Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
- Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.
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Ripopée is a clownish fable on the theme of travel.
His temperament ranges from clownish to serious.
His clownish expression is known as flehmen.
Sometimes the dead can seem clownish or childlike.
His clownish behavior will make you laugh.
This is done to give the character a more clownish look.
Your clownish antics are amusing.
This mascot is frequently depicted in cartoons as clownish or as a charging warrior.
The clownish smears above are very important in two respects.
An absurd and clownish story.
Clownish buffoonery at its best.
I did not say clownish.
Clownish musicplaying on television.
Are not you clownish.
Clownish art is generally avoided with care by the new circus.
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The same clowns are still running the same clownish games.
Is a clownish figure with silly hair and a passing relationship with the truth.
He is sometimes described as clownish.
It was clownish.
The objects and colours seem to be made by children and are often clownish.
They also can be a bit clownish and sometimes seem aware that they are entertaining you.
Pharaoh Hounds love their own people and happily entertain them with their clownish antics.
I think there is a clownish side to Mary.
There is also the Terrence Hill and Bud Spencer in situations that are more clownish.
Dericke is involved in clownish battlefield antics with a French soldier.
Clownish musicplays on television bloody repeats!
The IWS is known for his clownish behavior.
A clownish adulteress and a cowardly syphilitic?
All other men are of use ; he alone is clownish like a peasant.
An athletic dog with clownish energy, he requires regular exercise or a job.
Remember, this kind of mask is supposed to be sophisticated, perhaps not clownish.
He also played the fool, adopting clownish behavior so as to seem harmless.
He has a clownish personality, but is also extremely greedy, and is extremely attractive to women.
I can see no reason at all to replace him with some vagrant, nameless, clownish.
Respectful, servile and clownish derision of the majesty of the blasphemous tribune.
Rather than the cradle of democracy, they remind me of clownish Shriners Conventions.
We are making a clownish trick here of what we teach our first-year economics students.
Compared to this roar, the ringing of the Souldrain Bell was wretched, almost clownish.
Sometimes they can be clownish and playful, perfect for bringing a smile to our faces.
But I do not think clowns are needed as much, since the world has become so clownish.
You can be clownish with other people, but they will never respect you for it.
Unlike the other villains, he considers Ron Stoppable a worthy opponent rather than a clownish sidekick.
The kusillo, a clownish figure emblematic of the work of Inti, is surrounded by macabre symbols.
Pandora is a four-year old Holland Lop who has always entertained me with her clownish antics.
Siegel and Shuster conceived Funnyman, a clownish superhero, while they were still working for DC Comics.
I think I finally understand what happened to the pitiable, clownish Mr Colley.
Dogberry, accompanied by Verges, is a clownish officer of the watch in Much Ado About Nothing.
This is the Pierrot described by Charles Nodier as a " naive and clownish Satan.
What 's that clownish thing you are wearing?
The stain doesn't look clownish.
