clownish /ˈklaʊnɪʃ/ adjective3 •Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.Even worse, the zombies' clownish makeup, with a stark white base and black shoe polish around the eyes, looks amateurish. — 1998 •(no longer used) Pertaining to peasants; rustic. •(no longer used) Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.Large were his limbes, and terrible his looke, / And in his clownish hand a sharp bore speare he shooke. — 1590 formsmore clownish · most clownish