clownish
- a word derived from clown.
Example Sentences
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Clownish police officers are on the lookout for a three-ring circus of thieves.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2020
Clownish though some of them seem, these men may hold some keys to Mueller’s investigation.
From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2018
Clownish, somewhat dim-witted werewolves loyally guard flocks of cow/sheep, but prudent householders stay out of their way when the moon is full.
From Time Magazine Archive
Clownish ignorance may indeed be dispelled, and taught better; but it is seldom that a criminal is not aware of the consequences of his act, or has not made up his mind to the alternative.
From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by Hazlitt, William
They, on the other hand, who would not for the world make a joke themselves and are displeased with such as do are thought to be Clownish and Stern.
From Ethics by Aristotle
