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clownish
adjective
uk /ˈklaʊ.nɪʃ/ us /ˈklaʊ.nɪʃ/
similar to a clown(= someone who entertains people by wearing funny clothes with a painted face, and making people laugh):
He had learned to hide his sensitive, anxious nature behind clownish behaviour.
There was much about her performance that was completely clownish.
In person he seems calmer and wiser than his clownish public persona would suggest.
His characters, though often clownish, are rarely cartoonish.
The protesters were led through the city streets by a clownish figure on stilts.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Carnival, fairground & circus
acrobatics
aerialist
amusement arcade
amusement park
big dipper
big top
coconut shy
contortionist
custard pie
dodgem
fairground
Ferris wheel
juggler
juggling
loop the loopidiom
merry-go-round
midway
Punch and Judy show
trapeze artist
unicycle
Related word
clown
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