All clownishness synonyms

noun clownishness

• joking — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
• tricks — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
• bluffing — to mislead by a display of strength, self-confidence, or the like: He bluffed me into believing that he was a doctor.
• farce — a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
• frolicking — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
• jesting — a joke or witty remark; witticism.
• joshing — good-natured banter.
• kidding — Informal. a child or young person.
• roughhouse — rough, disorderly playing, especially indoors.
• sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
• skylarking — a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
• spoofing — a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.
• teasing — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
• trifling — of very little importance; trivial; insignificant: a trifling matter.
• buffoonery — Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
• high jinks — boisterous celebration or merrymaking; unrestrained fun: The city is full of conventioneers indulging in their usual high jinks.
• horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
• mockery — ridicule, contempt, or derision.
• nonsense — words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
• pretense — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
• pretence — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
• rowdiness — a rough, disorderly person.