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Significados de clownish em inglês

Like a clown.

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        Examples for "zany"
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        On the practice courts another really zany Team Murray forfeit going on.
        The Guardian
        2
        Feet prints:The revival of Celia Birtwell and her zany prints continues apace.
        The Irish Times
        3
        So there he caught me lying like a zany on the ground.
        Moonfleet
        4
        She had been so wild and zany when he first met her.
        Lightning
        5
        The tone is as zany and as thoughtful as everything he writes.
        The Irish Times
        1
        One particular incident encapsulates Andrew's buffoonish approach to royal life.
        News.com.au
        2
        The shots of the buffoonish grinning man alongside the nonagenarian sovereign made headlines globally.
        News.com.au
        3
        Mr. Scogan, solemnly buffoonish, shuffled round the room with Mary.
        Crome Yellow
        4
        If you address them sincerely you can seem buffoonish.
        The Irish Times
        5
        He was dazzling as a satirist and improv comedian while mimicking a buffoonish right-wing broadcaster.
        The Irish Times
        1
        Makeup had been applied directly to the mask: his lips were rendered huge, clownlike.
        The new yorker
        2
        They all looked anxiously at Jason's clownlike figure.
        The Pinhoe Egg
        3
        She knew that her clownlike antics would have seemed funny had the situation not been so painful.
        A change in altitude
        4
        I mimicked her and found that the motion smoothed out the gloss, making me look less clownlike.
        Halo
        5
        Grobbelaar's ability as a player was often overshadowed by a persona that was considered by some to be clownlike and unprofessional.
        The South African
        Uso de clownish em inglês
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        Trump's actions, in other words, should be considered before his sometimes-clownish words.
        The Guardian
        2
        The men were mere clowns, but the exhibition was anything but clownish.
        Despair's Last Journey
        3
        Someone who struck him as strange, out of place, funny, even clownish?
        IT
        4
        I learnt that my cousin had grown up ignorant, self-willed, and clownish.
        Tales of a Traveller
        5
        All other men are of use; he alone is clownish like a peasant.
        The God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in Religion
        6
        After a climax of the clownish mood we return to the Intermezzo melodies.
        Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
        7
        To the spectators it was just another clownish act, and they laughed uproariously.
        The Circus Boys on the Mississippi; Or, Afloat with the Big Show...
        8
        Toryism of a stolid clownish type still held the thrones of collegiate power.
        The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) / 1809-1859
        9
        In his clumsy, clownish way he was making advances to her.
        Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
        10
        Martin's tall shoulders slumped as he sulked, and his long feet seemed clownish.
        Austenland
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        Still more could she have beaten Hubert for his clownish and hurried departure.
        Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I
        12
        His attitude was easy and bold, but neither clownish nor uncourtly.
        Waverley Novels — Volume 12
        13
        What if she looked as clownish and painted as they did?
        Starstruck
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        She who was so lovely, must be conscious of his rude, clownish appearance.
        He Fell in Love with His Wife
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        It was a pretty clownish piece of goalkeeping, incompetence on a grand scale.
        The Guardian
        16
        A clownish smile spread his lips in a large nerveless arc.
        IT
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