(n.) A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew.
(a.) Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon.
(v. i.) To act the part of a buffoon.
(v. t.) To treat with buffoonery.
Example Sentences:
(1) The global face of Britain is now a buffoon (as many in Brussels describe him), whose word is as reliable as a used-car salesman’s.
(2) Talking last month on his late-night HBO show Last Week Tonight , Oliver ridiculed Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha's "dystopian nightmare" of a government, called Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn a "buffoon" and an "idiot", and ridiculed a clip of a contentious home video of the prince and his semi-naked wife at a poolside birthday party for their pet poodle Foo Foo.
(3) The National theatre's Broadway version of One Man, Two Guvnors, starring James Corden as a gluttonous buffoon, has received seven nominations at this year's Tony Awards – but was trumped by the largely British creative team behind Once , which picked up 11 to lead the pack.
(4) Described yesterday as a bully and buffoon, his predictions of doom under a multiracial democracy proved hollow and his support dwindled to a tiny rump.
(5) Well at least they wouldn't burn up on re-entry you fat-fingered buffoon.
(6) There’s also the fact that some of Reclaim Australia’s most prominent participants are racist buffoons of long standing .
(7) Even as he handed out wads of petrodollars to impoverished developing countries, their leaders mocked him behind his back for being a buffoon and a clown.
(8) The major parties offer a deranged rightwing sociopath provoking global war or a reality-TV buffoon with no actual policy, both of them hopelessly corrupt and staggeringly incompetent.
(9) Unlike Hank, Tambor need not worry that he's a talentless buffoon, but that doesn't mean he doesn't fret about it.
(10) The US media have seen him as an outrageous buffoon, a menace, an incipient tyrant, a creation of the fascist Twittersphere.
(11) Someone who seems to combine both careers, however, is Boris Johnson, who manages simultaneously to be both London mayor and zipwire-swinging buffoon.
(12) In my sport they literally tell you you have to act ignorant, act like a buffoon if you want to make it.
(13) Yesterday, the "buffoon" of South African politics was named as one of Africa's 10 most powerful young men by international business magazine Forbes.
(14) McMahon passed that on to his England team-mates, who figured they'd be lining out the next day against a band of bedraggled buffoons.
(15) Acting the buffoon is a winning political strategy, as Farage has discovered.
(16) "All I had ever seen was Boris being a buffoon on Have I Got News For You?.
(17) During the years of "kanaalen," she becomes the community buffoon who always has to play the clown.
(18) But in an intelligent way,” he added, “not getting embroiled in individual debates with buffoons who only want to provoke.
(19) Furthermore, convincing your fellow audience members that you are honestly trying to contribute will recast you not as a selfish egotist but a lovable buffoon.
(20) His Vietnam war heroism was recast as cowardice by George W Bush’s allies in 2004, and Bush successfully portrayed Kerry as a foppish buffoon.
Buffoonish
Definition:
(a.) Like a buffoon; consisting in low jests or gestures.
Example Sentences:
(1) It really astonished me.” Donald Trump: I get along great with Mexico but China should watch out Read more On a superficial level, says Bisley, Beijing would be ecstatic at the emergence of a “buffoonish, clownish, evil boss” who captures the “chaos of democracy” so well.
(2) Heath was a buffoonish ninny, and Churchill a "war criminal, mass murderer and persecutor of PG Wodehouse".
(3) It's not just Hitler who gets mocked; Goebbels becomes Garbitsch, Mussolini becomes the buffoonish Napolini … it was, unsurprisingly, not released in Germany.
(4) Germaine Greer took part in a British performance of the play and found it a "much-hyped and fundamentally unchallenging piece of buffoonish American hoop-la".
(5) Elba, who has previously starred in one of Perry's romantic comedies ( Daddy's Little Girls ), lamented the trend for cross-dressing caricatures of black characters – a phenomenon many would recognise from films such as the The Klumps and Big Momma's House series – describing it as "buffoonish".
(6) Or he is a buffoonish con whose every gesture showcases his gross incompetence, plus he golfs too much, and he’s probably bad at that, too.
(7) Yes, Carter-Silk made a buffoonish comment but she could have slapped him down by simply pointing out that if you think something you say is going to sound stupid, it’s best not to say it.
(8) Nor is it a place for sunshine, cheer, labradors bumbling amiably across sweeping lawns, toffs fumbling buffoonishly with fish knives, shots of bonneted wenches that don't involve unwanted pregnancy or crying, or apple-cheeked Windy Miller types snapping their braces and whistling merrily as they inflate the bouncy castle of Social History.