Clownish

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  • adj. Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
  • adj. Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.
  • adj. Like a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or characteristic of clowns or rustics; like a clown; rude; coarse; awkward; ungainly.
  • Abounding in clowns; dull; stupid; uncultured; unrefined: as, “a clownish neighbourhood,”
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. like a clown
  • Equivalent
    humourous    humorous   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    boorish    rude    ill-bred    untutored    uncivil    awkward    ungainly    clumsy    rough    rustic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    uncivil    uncourtly    loutish    ill-bred    ungrammatical    boorish    brusque    uncouth    monkeyish    brutish