Synonyms for clownish
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : kloun |
Phonetic Transcription : klaÊŠn |
Top 10 synonyms for clownish Other synonyms for the word clownish
- absurd
- all thumbs
- awkward
- bad-mannered
- barbaric
- bearish
- blundering
- blunderous
- boorish
- bumbling
- bungling
- butterfingered
- camp
- cantankerous
- cheap
- churlish
- cloddish
- clodhopping
- clownish
- clumsy
- coarse
- comic
- countrified
- crack-up
- crackers
- crass
- crude
- daft
- demented
- dense
- deranged
- discourteous
- disgracious
- diverting
- doltish
- dotty
- dull
- dumb
- elephantine
- fool
- foolish
- for grins
- gagged up
- gauche
- gawkish
- gawky
- gelastic
- goofy loony
- graceless
- gross
- gruff
- ham-handed
- hare-brained
- heavy
- heavy-handed
- helpless
- hulking
- humorous
- ignorant
- ill-bred
- ill-mannered
- ill-shaped
- impertinent
- impolite
- incompetent
- inelegant
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- inurbane
- jocular
- joshing
- laffer
- laughable
- loud
- loud-mouthed
- loutish
- lowbred
- lubberly
- ludicrous
- lumbering
- lumpish
- lumpy
- madcap
- maladroit
- nuts
- nutty
- oafish
- odd
- ornery
- out-of-line
- out-of-order
- ponderous
- preposterous
- provincial
- quaint
- queer
- quizzical
- raunchy
- raw
- ridiculous
- riot
- risible
- rough
- rude
- rustic
- sappy
- splay
- strange
- stumbling
- stupid
- swinish
- tacky
- tasteless
- ugly
- unable
- unadept
- uncalled-for
- uncivil
- uncivilized
- uncoordinated
- uncouth
- uncultured
- undexterous
- uneasy
- uneducated
- ungainly
- ungenteel
- ungentlemanly
- ungracious
- unhandy
- unmannerly
- unpoised
- unpolished
- unrefined
- unseemly
- unskillful
- unsophisticated
- untactful
- untalented
- untoward
- unwieldy
- vulgar
- wacky
- waggish
- weedy
- whimsical
- witty
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for clownish
- adroit
- agile
- athletic
- boring
- charming
- city
- clever
- common
- coordinated
- couth
- cultivated
- cultured
- delicate
- dexterous
- dramatic
- dull
- exciting
- expert
- gentle
- graceful
- kind
- lithe
- mannerly
- metropolitan
- nice
- normal
- pleasant
- polished
- polite
- refined
- sad
- serious
- smooth
- sophisticated
- standard
- suburban
- tragic
- traumatic
- unamusing
- unfunny
- urban
- usual
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