clownishness
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈklaʊnɪʃnəs/
- Even in serious meetings, his occasional clownishness brought smiles to everyone’s faces.
Examples
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Bardem plays his character's eccentricity to the hilt, balancing just on the precipice of clownishness without falling over the edge.
Blog text (25) -
He was an elderly clown, and he should try to preserve one last fragment of his dignity in the only way available to him: by accepting his essential clownishness and not pretending to be an actual man.
Fiction book (1998) -
His constant jokes and antics showed a charming kind of clownishness that made everyone laugh.
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The children's clownishness during the performance delighted the audience and lightened the mood.
Synonyms
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3.1
Funny or silly actions that try to make people laugh
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2.6
Playful or foolish behavior that is not serious and often funny
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7.9
Clown-like, silly actions meant to make people laugh
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3.2
Acting in a silly way to make people laugh
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3.2
A way of acting that is silly, playful, and often makes people laugh
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5.2
A playful, slightly silly way of behaving that makes people laugh
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8.0
A playful, joking way of behaving that makes people laugh
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7.1
Funny, silly, unpredictable behaviour or ideas that make people laugh
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6.8
A very silly or crazy way of behaving that makes people laugh
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7.4
A quality that makes people laugh
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6.1
Silly behavior meant to make people laugh
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9.9
To joke and be playful in a friendly way that makes people smile
Antonyms
How Silly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clownishness comes from the common word clown, meaning a funny or foolish performer, plus the ending -ishness that means the state of being something. So, clownishness is the quality of acting 'silly' or 'playful', just like a clown.