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Antonyms for clowningclown·ing

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  1. buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, pranknoun

    acting like a clown or buffoon

    Synonyms:
    funniness, joke, trick, comedy, caper, drollery, bagatelle, buffoonery, put-on, frippery, antic, fluff, frivolity, prank, harlequinade, frivolousness, japery

  2. drollery, clowning, comedy, funninessnoun

    a comic incident or series of incidents

    Synonyms:
    comedy, frivolity, buffoonery, drollery, funniness, japery, harlequinade, waggery, prank

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  1. President Barack Obama:

    For those of you who watched the game against the Wizards last night, it was, to use slang, he was clowning. He was all jumping up and down, just settle down.

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