OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 38723

clownish

/ˈklaʊnɪʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bufonesco • payasesco
Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
Even worse, the zombies' clownish makeup, with a stark white base and black shoe polish around the eyes, looks amateurish.
Once again, City's defending was clownish. James McArthur drove into the area on the left and pulled a low cross towards the far post, where the horribly timid Gaël Clichy allowed…