to beclown
1
9.9
- verb
- /bɪˈklaʊn/
:
hacerse el ridículo
- When she attempted to impress her friends with exaggerated stories, she only ended up beclowning herself.
Examples
-
You are beclowning yourself.
Blog text (10) -
You beclowned yourself by comparing Sullivan to Malkin.
Blog text (25) -
Yes, reporters are fully beclowning themselves to get their god-king re-elected.
Blog text (12) -
It's really difficult to take Ann Coulter seriously on Mitt Romney after she so totally beclowned herself on the man.
Blog text (8) -
He beclowned himself during the meeting by making untrue claims about his work.
-
After his ridiculous comments at the party, many felt he had truly beclowned himself.
Synonyms
88
2.1
Act in a foolish or playful way without taking things seriously
42
4.1
Act in a way that makes you look silly or embarrassed
7
8.5
To act in a way that makes you look foolish in front of others
7
4.6
Act in a silly way to make others laugh or avoid being serious
3
8.0
To behave in a silly or embarrassing way to get attention
3
8.4
Make someone look silly in front of other people by tricking or embarrassing them
2
8.1
To act in a silly, embarrassing way to make people laugh
1
9.4
Act in a foolish way and ignore good advice
1
9.9
To act in a foolish way
1
9.9
Make someone look foolish or unable to think clearly
Behave in a silly, clumsy way to make people laugh at you
To behave in a silly or wild way that makes people laugh
Act in a foolish way
Act in a silly, embarrassing way
Act in a silly or stupid way
To behave in a rude or foolish way that annoys other people
To behave in a silly, awkward way that looks foolish
Behave in a silly, careless way to avoid serious talk
To behave in a foolish and clumsy way
Antonyms
How Foolish
- Offensive
414
6.1
42
4.1
1
9.9
- Informal
46
3.6
88
2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word beclown starts with be- meaning 'make or become', like in become, and ends with clown meaning 'a foolish person', so to beclown yourself is to make yourself look foolish by your words or actions.