Antonyms for clownish


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kloun
Phonetic Transcription : klaÊŠn


Definition of clownish

Origin :
  • 1560s, "rustic;" 1580s, "boorish, ungainly, awkward," from clown (n.) + -ish. Related: Clownishly; clownishness.
  • As in loutish : adj boorish
  • As in rustic : adj crude, uncouth
  • As in uncouth : adj clumsy, uncultivated
  • As in zany : adj crazy, funny
  • As in boorish : adj crude, awkward
  • As in clumsy : adj not agile; awkward
  • As in daffy : adj silly, crazy
  • As in droll : adj amusing, farcical
  • As in gawky : adj clumsy
Example sentences :
  • The men were mere clowns, but the exhibition was anything but clownish.
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • These Macedonians are a rude and clownish people that call a spade a spade.
  • Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram
  • Beside him, Jolly Robin seemed somewhat awkward and clownish.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Jolly Robin » by Arthur Scott Bailey
  • His opponents called him clownish; his friends declared him Lincolnesque.
  • Extract from : « The Agrarian Crusade » by Solon J. Buck
  • All other men are of use; he alone is clownish like a peasant.
  • Extract from : « The God-Idea of the Ancients » by Eliza Burt Gamble
  • Larkin began a clownish Highland fling that eloquently spoke his thoughts.
  • Extract from : « Aces Up » by Covington Clarke
  • "No reverence for women—after all I have done for you—clownish behaviour," etc.
  • Extract from : « The Pagan's Cup » by Fergus Hume
  • Is it not clownish to apply it with intention to the husband of Prue?
  • Extract from : « Essays » by Alice Meynell
  • For what is more hard than to be always in the Country, and yet never to be Clownish?
  • Extract from : « De Carmine Pastorali (1684) » by Rene Rapin
  • Robin Good-fellow going over a field met with a clownish fellow, to whom he spake in this manner.
  • Extract from : « The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' » by Compiled by Frank Sidgwick

Synonyms for clownish

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