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单词 buffoonery
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buffoonery

noun

buf·​foon·​ery (ˌ)bə-ˈfü-nə-rē How to pronounce buffoonery (audio)
-ˈfün-rē
plural buffooneries
: foolish or playful behavior or practice

Synonyms

  • clownery
  • clowning
  • foolery
  • high jinks
  • hijinks
  • horseplay
  • horsing around
  • monkey business
  • monkeying
  • monkeyshine(s)
  • roughhouse
  • roughhousing
  • shenanigan(s)
  • skylarking
  • slapstick
  • tomfoolery
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Example Sentences

their madcap buffoonery turned the duo into the nation's hottest comedy act
Recent Examples on the Web These works are content to portray the buffoonery of such characters as mainly a threat to themselves, and their politics are broadly—and vaguely—anti-establishment. Adrienne Matei, The Atlantic, 26 July 2022 Along with the premiere news, a trailer for the series dropped, which features all the key elements fans have come to expect from the classic adult cartoon: crass jokes, buffoonery and, of course, fire. Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 July 2022 Despite taunts about being soft on crime, Jackson didn’t lose her cool before the mansplaining and buffoonery. Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Mar. 2022 Giuliani's buffoonery was on full display during a press conference just days after the election held at a local Philadelphia landscaping company that happened to share the name of the Four Seasons hotel. Chris Cillizza, CNN, 3 Feb. 2022 Beauty, youth, heightened vivacity or even buffoonery overwhelm us, and the figures do indeed seem alive. Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021 Ebert applies a freewheeling buffoonery to Mister and, later, an opposite dimension of cruel menace to his other role, a policeman who under stress will undergo a dramatic conversion. Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2021 Every buffoonery of the president and his people was answered by an idiocy from the other side, which in its own style was just as sinister and just as clownish. Lance Morrow, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2021 After seasons of corruption followed by buffoonery and anger, Daniel Espinoza died an optimist. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 May 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1621, in the meaning defined above

buffoonery

noun

as in clowning
wildly playful or mischievous behavior their madcap buffoonery turned the duo into the nation's hottest comedy act

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • clowning
  • tomfoolery
  • clownery
  • joking
  • funning
  • slapstick
  • foolery
  • hijinks
  • horseplay
  • monkeying
  • silliness
  • playfulness
  • skylarking
  • roughhousing
  • high jinks
  • monkey business
  • roughhouse
  • clownishness
  • nonsense
  • shenanigan(s)
  • horsing around
  • monkeyshine(s)
  • childishness
  • jesting
  • foolishness
  • mischief
  • boisterousness
  • rascality
  • rowdyism
  • trickery
  • rowdiness
  • rambunctiousness
  • frivolity
  • sporting
  • roguishness
  • knavery
  • revelry
  • merrymaking
  • roguery
  • waggery
  • mischievousness
  • devilry
  • deviltry
  • impishness
  • sportiveness
  • cavorting
  • roistering
  • prankishness
  • frolicking
  • rumbustiousness
  • gamboling
  • romping
  • gambolling
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