单词	clownish
释义	clownish /ˈklaʊnɪʃ / adjective Characteristic of or resembling a clown, especially in being foolish, playful, or humorously exaggerated: clownish antics they only manage to look clumsy and clownish... The dance floor is crowded with performers who are preening either with feminine realness or clownish flamboyance. They risked their lives to present these theater shows, disguising their political commentary behind clownish puppets. A passionate leap across a sofa back to reach a beloved becomes a clownish somersault along the entire length of the couch. Derivatives clownishly adverb ... Like all adolescent males, they were looking for food and their feet seemed clownishly huge. He clownishly spun the bottle, and it pointed to Tiffany. He gives a performance that is both clownishly broad and impressively nuanced. clownishness noun ... It's doubtful if either has the chops for such clownishness, although they both are reputed to have fierce tempers. For all the colorful costumes and props and clownishness, this production lacks the emotional and mythic dimensions of Beaumont's vision. The figure and ground merge and transform into a garish clownishness you've never seen before, a space that is strange, familiar, and credible. Rhymes brownish, townish
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