Synonyms for buffoonery
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : buh-foon |
| Phonetic Transcription : bəˈfun |
Top 10 synonyms for buffoonery Other synonyms for the word buffoonery
- absurdity
- absurdness
- amusement
- antics
- badinage
- ball
- banter
- big time
- blast
- bluffing
- bon mot
- brawl
- broad comedy
- buffoonery
- burlesque
- camp
- caper
- capers
- caprice
- carrying-on
- chaff
- cheer
- cheerfulness
- chestnut
- clowning
- clowning around
- clownishness
- comeback
- comedy
- comicality
- comicalness
- conviviality
- craziness
- dig
- disobedience
- disparagement
- diversion
- drollery
- drollness
- enjoyment
- entertainment
- epigram
- escapade
- facetiousness
- farcicality
- festivity
- flippancy
- foolery
- fooling around
- foolishness
- frolic
- frolicking
- fun
- fun and games
- funniness
- gaiety
- gambol
- game
- gibe
- glee
- good time
- grins
- ha-ha
- hanky-panky
- happiness
- high camp
- high jinks
- high spirits
- hilarity
- hokey-pokey
- holiday
- hoodwinking
- hoopla
- horse feathers
- horseplay
- humor
- humorousness
- inanity
- indulgence
- insanity
- interlude
- irony
- irresponsibility
- jab
- jape
- jeer
- jest
- jesting
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- jocundity
- joke
- joking
- jollity
- joshing
- joviality
- joy
- joyfulness
- junketing
- kidding
- lark
- laugh
- laughs
- laughter
- leer
- levity
- lightness
- liveliness
- living it up
- low camp
- ludicrousness
- lunacy
- making light
- merriment
- merrymaking
- mirth
- misbehavior
- mischief
- mischief-making
- mock
- mockery
- monkeyshine
- mordancy
- mummery
- needling
- nonsense
- one-liner
- parody
- parting shot
- pastime
- payof
- payoff
- persiflage
- picnic
- play
- playfulness
- pleasantry
- pleasure
- poppycock
- prank
- pranks
- pratfall comedy
- pretense
- pun
- put-on
- putdown
- quirk
- raillery
- rally
- razz
- recreation
- rejoicing
- relaxation
- repartee
- revel
- revelry
- rib
- ridiculousness
- riot
- roast
- romp
- romping
- rough-housing
- roughhouse
- roughhousing
- rowdiness
- sally
- sarcasm
- sardonicism
- satire
- saw
- scorn
- self-indulgence
- shaggy-dog story
- sham
- shenanigan
- shenanigans
- shindig
- silliness
- skit
- skylarking
- slam
- slapstick
- sneer
- snow job
- solace
- spoofing
- sport
- spree
- stunt
- stupidity
- swipe
- taunt
- taunting
- teasing
- tomfoolery
- tommyrot
- travesty
- treat
- trick
- trifling
- vagary
- waggery
- whimsicality
- whimsy
- whoopee
- wingding
- wisecrack
- wit
- witticism
- wittiness
- yarn
- zaniness
Définition of buffoonery
Origin :- 1620s; see buffoon + -ery.
- As in joke : noun fun, quip
- As in merriment/merrymaking : noun enjoyment, amusement
- As in monkey business : noun shenanigans
- As in ridicule : noun contemptuous laughter at someone or something
- As in merriment : noun amusement
- As in drollery : noun whimsicalness
- As in ha-ha : noun joke
- As in humorousness : noun humor
- As in jocosity : noun humor
- As in ludicrousness : noun humor
- As in farce : noun nonsense, satire
- As in fooling : noun joking, tricks
- As in fun : noun amusement, play
- As in horseplay : noun rough play
- As in humor : noun comedy, funniness
- It was cruel that his extreme unhappiness should have in it something of buffoonery.
- Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
- As late as 1783 the buffoonery of this kind of exhibition continued.
- Extract from : « The Standard Oratorios » by George P. Upton
- O'Mally, for all his buffoonery, was a keen one to read a face.
- Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
- One of the eye-witnesses said to us: 'We thought that this was part of the buffoonery.'
- Extract from : « Napoleon the Little » by Victor Hugo
- This is not a criticism of the phallus on grounds of obscenity, but on grounds of buffoonery.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- Tabarin's wits were not exhausted by this kind of buffoonery.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 » by Various
- Buffoonery she possibly, even probably, could learn to hate.
- Extract from : « The Folly Of Eustace » by Robert S. Hichens
- Brederode was not to be the hero of that party which he disgraced by his buffoonery.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume I.(of III) 1555-66 » by John Lothrop Motley
- Maybe I am wrong and there is a purpose behind this buffoonery.
- Extract from : « My Wonderful Visit » by Charlie Chaplin
- Garrick did not much like to be seen by him when playing any buffoonery.
- Extract from : « The Town » by Leigh Hunt
Antonyms for buffoonery
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