buffoonish
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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She responded by creating a buffoonish beauty-queen character for a BBC Three web series, “Miss Holland.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025
In casual overalls, Kingsman is wry and off-handed even when buffoonish.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023
The slightly buffoonish libertine and eldest son of billionaire magnate Logan Roy, Connor has sidestepped the battle for power that animates his three younger half-siblings.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2023
He captures the sly intellect of Yankovic's style through a seriously committed performance that edges towards buffoonish sweetness when it needs to, which only sells the surreality of "Weird" more effectively.
From Salon • Nov. 4, 2022
Its buffoonish hooey and end-of-the-pier music may have amused its creative team and some critics, but with the benefit of hindsight its timing seems tasteless and incomprehensible.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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