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Meanings of
buffoonish
in English
Like a clown.
clownish
zany
clownlike
Related terms
humorous
humourous
Usage of
buffoonish
in English
1
One particular incident encapsulates Andrew's
buffoonish
approach to royal life.
2
The shots of the
buffoonish
grinning man alongside the nonagenarian sovereign made headlines globally.
3
Mr. Scogan, solemnly
buffoonish
,
shuffled round the room with Mary.
4
If you address them sincerely you can seem
buffoonish
.
5
He was dazzling as a satirist and improv comedian while mimicking a
buffoonish
right-wing broadcaster.
6
Colbert, in his
buffoonish
way, playing an idiot, continued:
7
There's the occasional hint of Sandler's more
buffoonish
side but as with his performance in P.T.
8
Worse, characters like the
buffoonish
son-in-law are one-dimensional.
9
You know, after John Amos left the show due to the increasingly
buffoonish
antics of the JJ character?
10
It's clearly what New Zealand First think of other New Zealanders, but it's a bit
buffoonish
,
if you ask me.
11
West's lovably hearty,
buffoonish
performance is a big factor here: he seems to be channelling Oliver Reed at his most ebullient.
12
Captain Irons's sole talent rested in his astonishing ability to survive in the face of his gaffes, usually
buffoonish
or egregious.
13
Every time you say that word in reference to the United States, you sound like a
buffoonish
bureaucrat from the Soviet Union.
14
It is better than the reckless game-playing of a
buffoonish
ruling class that has led to the self-harming gesture politics of Brexit.
15
But the steely determination with which Graham vowed revenge on Tim Shaw was certainly a new level of gravitas for his
buffoonish
character.
16
If anything, it makes them love him more -even if it makes him seem like a
buffoonish
character from HBO's Silicon Valley.
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buffoonish
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
buffoonish antics
buffoonish performance
buffoonish side
buffoonish son
buffoonish way
More collocations
Buffoonish
through the time