clownery
- noun
- /ˈklaʊnəri/
- Informal
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payasada
- Tired of the clownery, the coach asked the team to focus on practice.
Examples
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His clownery always makes the children laugh.
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Her clownery at the party made everyone laugh and relax.
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The teacher was not amused by his constant clownery during the lesson.
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I can't stand such clownery during serious meetings.
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His constant clownery made everyone laugh during the dull meeting.
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The birthday party was filled with clownery, as the entertainer performed silly tricks and exaggerated gestures.
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Children loved the clownery at the circus, where funny characters juggled and made jokes.
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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8.0
A playful, joking way of behaving that makes people laugh
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6.3
How much people laugh at something
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7.5
A situation so silly or unreasonable that people laugh and do not believe it
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9.9
Behavior that is foolish, annoying, and often meant to make people laugh
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9.9
Playful, foolish behavior that tries to make people laugh
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7.4
A quality that makes people laugh
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7.8
A habit of making playful jokes about serious things
Behaving in a silly, playful way like a clown to make people laugh
Silly actions that try to make people laugh
Funny or silly actions that try to make people laugh
A liking for doing playful, slightly naughty tricks on other people
Playful acts that tease people in a friendly way
Small playful acts that do no real harm
Antonyms
How Silly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clownery comes from clown (a funny performer who acts silly) and the ending -ery, which shows a type of action. So clownery means 'silly behaviour done to amuse people', the kind of acting that makes others laugh.