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clown
noun as in comic performer, a circus
noun as in stupid, ignorant person
verb as in joke
Example Sentences
It is, so far, clown town rather than competence town.
Just take a look at the clown car full of minions and allies that the president-elect has assembled for his top spots.
To Stewart, Hinchcliffe isn’t worth taking seriously because he’s a clown, like Stewart’s own longstanding argument that he’s an entertainer – one to whom viewers turn to make sense of headlines — not a journalist.
What is one down-ballot item you are voting on that you think is particularly important: In New York City, Eric Adams, our criminally indicted cartoon-villain clown show of a mayor, has several ballot initiatives proposed that would expand his power as part of an attempt to revise the city’s charter.
A clown car full of grifters and kooks, meanwhile, used the primaries as an opportunity to suck up to Trump, whom everyone knew would inevitably be the nominee.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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