Clownish
Clownish adjective - Having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners.
Tongue-in-cheek and clownish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tongue-in-cheek" instead an adjective "Clownish".
Tongue-in-cheek
Tongue-in-cheek adjective - Cleverly amusing in tone.
Clownish and tongue-in-cheek are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clownish" instead an adjective phrase "Tongue-in-cheek".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- whimsical and clownish
- whimsical and tongue-in-cheek
- rude and clownish
- rude and tongue-in-cheek
- impertinent and clownish
- impertinent and tongue-in-cheek
- amusing and clownish
- amusing and tongue-in-cheek
- jocular and clownish
- jocular and tongue-in-cheek
- humorous and clownish
- humorous and tongue-in-cheek
- witty and clownish
- witty and tongue-in-cheek
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Tongue-in-cheek and Clownish. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clownish/tongue-in-cheek
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