clownishness
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His efforts to be a terrifying figure are routinely undercut by his clownishness.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2025
The problem with evil clowns is that it’s the clownishness, not the evil, they soon shed.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
Goals at the other end have declined, too, by about a third, but that’s a small price to pay if it lessens the embarrassing clownishness at the back.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2020
Nothing could be further, at least on the surface, from the last edition’s moral clownishness than the 10th Berlin Biennale, led by the South African curator and artist Gabi Ngcobo.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2018
He had luxurious tastes in dress, and the air of a courtier: none of the clownishness of the retired scholar was in the least perceptible in his motions, words, or general bearing.
From Essays by Arthur Christopher Benson
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