Antonyms for clownish

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kloun

Phonetic Transcription : klaʊn

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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