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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"More Cowbell" sets the bar for the kind of meticulously curated buffoonery people want from the show and any tribute marking its 50 years in business.
From Salon • Jan. 16, 2025
The director Tina Landau, a longtime collaborator, embraces that buffoonery, almost to a fault.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024
Pitting a lovestruck fur trapper against a bucktoothed horde, this underground festival hit is a feverish fit of creative buffoonery — you haven’t experienced anything remotely like it.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024
“The notion that Cromitie was selected as a ‘leader’ by the co-defendants is inconceivable, given his well-documented buffoonery and ineptitude,” she wrote.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2024
Marred as a whole by buffoonery and excess, the play is still among the two or three best tragedies of the Restoration.
From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
