Entry Word: clownish

Function: adjective

Meaning: having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners <the clownish antics of some of the teenagers at the wedding reception>

Synonyms boorish, churlish, cloddish, loutish, uncouth

Related Words coarse, ill-bred, uncultivated, unpolished, unrefined; tasteless, vulgar; beastly, bestial; doltish, oafish, stupid; discourteous, impolite, rude, uncivil

Antonyms cultivated, polished, refined, well-bred; courtly, genteel, gentlemanly, ladylike; civil, courteous, polite