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Word | Buffoonery |
acting like a clown or buffoon / The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures. / Foolish behavior / clowning / behavior that is ridiculous but amusing., | |
Usage | ⇒ Clarence, an irrepressible comic, was held after cass for his buffoonery. ⇒ In the Ace Ventura movies, Jim Carrey's buffoonery was hilarious: like Bozo the Clown, he's a natural buffoon. ⇒ The humour of Pimple films derived from theatrical burlesque, music-hall satire and from a tradition of buffoonery that embraced such infantilised characters as Silly Billy. |
Synonyms | harlequinade, frivolity, clowning, fun, tomfoolery, farce, horseplay, japery, prank, drollery, foolery, foolishness, inanity, nonsense, absurdity, acting, antic, asininity, brainlessness, craziness, |
Antonyms | bawl, |
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