Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
clown or some aspect of clowns.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective like a clown
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Examples
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In the dining room was "Ola's Dolls," part of a series of brightly colored paintings featuring rag dolls with clownlike faces.
African American artist John Farrar's family finds his work a troubled legacy Annys Shin 2010
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One reader, Nick Antonicello of Venice Beach chimes in with the following question, "How does Bill Rosendahl, with his bombastic and clownlike approach to government service, earn more than a U.S. senator or member of Congress?"
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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January 27, 2008 at 6:41 pm i feelz ur payne. i awmost cwied wen i seed sum clownlike outfitz my mom wud get for me.
dorky jr high pic - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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There is something very sweet in his clownlike acta beautiful, enthusiastic innocence.
Astrology for Enlightenment Michelle Karén 2008
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Home-state cartoonists routinely picture Clinton with a puffy, clownlike nose, the result of persistent and debilitating allergies to everything from refined sugar to the yeast in beer.
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Lawyers weasel around it, judges fall asleep, and pretty soon you have another dramatic, tragic or more likely clownlike performance in court.
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I wore a clownlike combination of bright blue eye shadow and dark red lipstick.
Q & A Stephanie D. Walker 2005
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I wore a clownlike combination of bright blue eye shadow and dark red lipstick.
Q & A Stephanie D. Walker 2005
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I wore a clownlike combination of bright blue eye shadow and dark red lipstick.
Q & A Stephanie D. Walker 2005
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Jean-Pierre frowned deeply at her, his too-crimson mouth looking rather clownlike against his white skin.
A Winter Haunting Simmons, Dan 2002
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