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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • There is something very sweet in his clownlike acta beautiful, enthusiastic innocence.

    Astrology for Enlightenment Michelle Karén 2008

  • 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.

    The Clinton Experiment 2008

  • Lawyers weasel around it, judges fall asleep, and pretty soon you have another dramatic, tragic or more likely clownlike performance in court.

    Searching For Proof Of Resistance To Rape 2006

  • I wore a clownlike combination of bright blue eye shadow and dark red lipstick.

    Q & A Stephanie D. Walker 2005

  • I wore a clownlike combination of bright blue eye shadow and dark red lipstick.

    Q & A Stephanie D. Walker 2005

  • I wore a clownlike combination of bright blue eye shadow and dark red lipstick.

    Q & A Stephanie D. Walker 2005

  • 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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