" clownishness "

1: as in boorishness, rowdiness;

•  Synonyms : 

•  boorishness,

•  brutishness,

•  churlishness,

•  loutishness,

•  rowdiness,

•  rusticity,

•  uncouthness,

•  coarseness,

•  commonness,

•  crassness,

•  crudeness,

•  crudity,

•  grossness,

•  indelicacy,

•  indelicateness,

•  lowness,

•  raffishness,

•  rawness,

•  roughness,

•  rudeness,

•  tastelessness,

•  vulgarity,

•  artlessness,

•  gracelessness,

•  inelegance,

•  unsophistication,

•  insensitiveness,

•  insensitivity,

•  thoughtlessness,

•  kitsch,

•  tackiness

•  Antonyms : 

•  cultivation,

•  genteelness,

•  gentility,

•  polish,

•  refinement,

•  tastefulness,

•  courtliness,

•  urbanity,

•  elegance,

•  grace,

•  graciousness,

•  consideration,

•  sensitivity,

•  thoughtfulness

2: as in joking, jest;

•  Synonyms : 

•  buffoonery,

•  flippancy,

•  funning,

•  jest,

•  jesting,

•  jocoseness,

•  jocosity,

•  jocularity,

•  joking,

•  joshing,

•  gamesomeness,

•  insouciance,

•  lightheartedness,

•  playfulness,

•  sportiveness,

•  animation,

•  giddiness,

•  jauntiness,

•  liveliness,

•  perkiness,

•  vivacity,

•  brightness,

•  buoyancy,

•  good-humoredness,

•  good-naturedness,

•  humor,

•  sunniness,

•  joyfulness,

•  joyousness,

•  jubilance,

•  rejoicing,

•  jollification,

•  jollity,

•  reveling,

•  revelry,

•  frolicking,

•  gamboling,

•  rollicking,

•  romping,

•  frivolity,

•  levity,

•  cheer,

•  cheerfulness,

•  cheeriness,

•  festivity,

•  gaiety,

•  gayness,

•  glee,

•  gleefulness,

•  hilarity,

•  jocundity,

•  joviality,

•  merriment,

•  merriness,

•  mirth,

•  mirthfulness

•  Antonyms : 

•  blues,

•  dejection,

•  depression,

•  despondence,

•  forlornness,

•  sadness,

•  sorrow,

•  unhappiness,

•  bile,

•  gloom,

•  melancholy,

•  sourness,

•  spleen,

•  earnestness,

•  graveness,

•  gravity,

•  grimness,

•  seriousness,

•  soberness,

•  sobersidedness,

•  solemnity,

•  solemnness,

•  discontent,

•  disgruntlement,

•  moodiness,

•  dolefulness,

•  dolorousness,

•  joylessness,

•  mournfulness,

•  plaintiveness,

•  woe,

•  woefulness,

•  blackness,

•  darkness,

•  gloominess,

•  glumness,

•  desolateness,

•  desolation,

•  heartbreak,

•  miserableness,

•  misery,

•  mourning,

•  wretchedness

1: having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners;

  * e.g., " ... the clownish antics of some of the teenagers at the wedding reception "

•  Synonyms : 

•  boorish,

•  churlish,

•  classless,

•  cloddish,

•  loutish,

•  uncouth

•  Antonyms : 

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