clownery
- noun
- /ˈklaʊnəri/
- Offensive
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- The children's clownery at the party brought laughter, but it also created a bit of chaos.
Examples
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His constant clownery during meetings made it hard for anyone to take the discussion seriously.
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House clownery
Blog text (5) -
Instead, he doubles down with azz clownery by retracting his apology.
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And if you insist on ass clownery, expect trouble and thuggery until cooler heads (not yours) prevail.
Blog text (32) -
Update: Not sure whether this tops a Con Con with the press on C-Span, but the Senate has some clownery of its own: John McCain and Rand Paul trying to squeeze a scandal out of the Benghazi attack while missing a classified briefing for the Senate Homeland Security Committee they're part of.
Blog text (5) -
She regretted her clownery at the formal event, where her silly antics embarrassed her friends.
Synonyms
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2.6
Playful or foolish behavior that is not serious and often funny
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3.2
Acting in a silly way to make people laugh
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8.2
Silly, playful behaviour that is not serious
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7.9
Clown-like, silly actions meant to make people laugh
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6.1
Silly, harmless behavior that makes people laugh
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9.9
Behavior that is foolish, annoying, and often meant to make people laugh
Behaving in a silly, playful way like a clown to make people laugh
Silly, wild actions people do to get attention
Funny or silly actions that try to make people laugh
Antonyms
How Ridiculous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clownery comes from clown (first a clumsy country person and later a comic performer) plus the ending -ery, which shows a kind of action or behaviour. So clownery means 'foolish or badly done behaviour' that can make someone look unprofessional or useless.