Thesaurus results for BUFFOON

buffoon

noun

(ˌ)bə-ˈfün

as in clown

a comically dressed performer (as at a circus) who entertains with playful tricks and ridiculous behavior the children at the birthday party giggled at the buffoon's silly tricks

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Recent Examples of buffoon What’s more, impetuously casting aside one of the country’s preeminent leaders of the last century — who was Delaware’s longest-serving U.S. Senator and has served in the executive branch for nearly 12 years — will make the United States look like a buffoon on the stage of world politics. —

Michelle Etlin, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2024 To have a director character to represent or explain their love of movies, and also show them as a flawed buffoon — but not to do just one. —

Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 5 July 2024 Norman Reedus leans into that craziness with his performance, turning the big bearded biker into a lovable buffoon. —

Shannon Carlin, TIME, 21 June 2024 Oliver Stone once tried to fuse his disparate elements in W., where the actor played President George W. Bush as a buffoon pretending (badly) to be a tough guy. —

Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for buffoon