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How to pronounce buffoon in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew
Type of comedian, comic
Has types zany, fool, harlequin, jester, motley fool, whiteface
Type Words
Synonyms clown
Type of sap, fool, saphead, tomfool, muggins

Examples of buffoon

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Theo didn't go to the World Cup, have you asked yourself the reason you buffoon?
From the independent.co.uk
It is a highly effective manner of determining if someone is a gullible buffoon.
From the guardian.co.uk
You look a buffoon calling the game off at this stage if that's what you decide.
From the guardian.co.uk
Of course, I'm a blithering buffoon, but 11 not only is possible, but probable.
From the denverpost.com
Alex Salmond is a buffoon who's just looking for his own title as prime minister.
From the guardian.co.uk
And maybe the character isn't quite the buffoon everyone thinks, says Townsend.
From the guardian.co.uk
Sadly this royal buffoon has directly influenced NHS spending towards homeopathy.
From the guardian.co.uk
This strip which ran from 1940 to 1943 featured Mussolini as an arrogant buffoon.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Why would I pay any attention to the mindless ramblings of a complete buffoon?
From the orlandosentinel.com
More examples
  • Clown: a rude or vulgar fool
  • Clown: a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
  • A jester, joker, jokester, fool, wit-cracker, prankster or buffoon was a person employed to tell jokes and provide general entertainment, typically by a European monarch. Jesters are stereotypically thought to have worn brightly colored clothes and eccentric hats in a motley pattern. ...
  • One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool; An unintentionally ridiculous person; To behave like a buffoon
  • A stupid or foolish person who tries to be funny.
  • One whose buffness is redeemed by a sense of humour. It may be thought that a man with a sense of humour cannot be a buff. However, there are those, particularly in public life, whose buffness is manifest, and yet whose outer crust is penetrated by shafts of humour from within. ...