buffoonery
Frequently Asked Questions
- I teach sixth grade, so I’m used to having to deal with buffoonery on a daily basis.
- The play is full of the kind of physical comedy and buffoonery that fans of the Three Stooges will appreciate.
Example Sentences
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There are early signs of buffoonery involving a maternal wig.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
His mixture of insult, ressentiment, and buffoonery is a work of genius.
From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025
The director Tina Landau, a longtime collaborator, embraces that buffoonery, almost to a fault.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024
All told, the 60-page document features plenty of conspiracy and buffoonery both.
From Slate • Jul. 27, 2023
The frequent change from seriousness to buffoonery, from the beautiful to the burlesque, has a similar origin in the tastes of our ancestors for the actualities of ordinary life, where these transitions are habitual.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
