Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to beclown
Participle: beclowned
Gerund: beclowning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | beclown |
| you | beclown |
| he;she;it | beclowns |
| we | beclown |
| you | beclown |
| they | beclown |
Perfect
| I | have beclowned |
| you | have beclowned |
| he;she;it | has beclowned |
| we | have beclowned |
| you | have beclowned |
| they | have beclowned |
Past
| I | beclowned |
| you | beclowned |
| he;she;it | beclowned |
| we | beclowned |
| you | beclowned |
| they | beclowned |
Pluperfect
| I | had beclowned |
| you | had beclowned |
| he;she;it | had beclowned |
| we | had beclowned |
| you | had beclowned |
| they | had beclowned |
Future
| I | will beclown |
| you | will beclown |
| he;she;it | will beclown |
| we | will beclown |
| you | will beclown |
| they | will beclown |
Future Perfect
| I | will have beclowned |
| you | will have beclowned |
| he;she;it | will have beclowned |
| we | will have beclowned |
| you | will have beclowned |
| they | will have beclowned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | beclown |
| you | beclown |
| he;she;it | beclown |
| we | beclown |
| you | beclown |
| they | beclown |
Perfect
| I | have beclowned |
| you | have beclowned |
| he;she;it | have beclowned |
| we | have beclowned |
| you | have beclowned |
| they | have beclowned |
Imperfect
| I | beclowned |
| you | beclowned |
| he;she;it | beclowned |
| we | beclowned |
| you | beclowned |
| they | beclowned |
Pluperfect
| I | had beclowned |
| you | had beclowned |
| he;she;it | had beclowned |
| we | had beclowned |
| you | had beclowned |
| they | had beclowned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would beclown |
| you | would beclown |
| he;she;it | would beclown |
| we | would beclown |
| you | would beclown |
| they | would beclown |
Perfect
| I | would have beclowned |
| you | would have beclowned |
| he;she;it | would have beclowned |
| we | would have beclowned |
| you | would have beclowned |
| they | would have beclowned |
Imperative
| you | beclown |
| we | Let's beclown |
| you | beclown |
Verbs conjugated like 'beclown'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'beclown'
becrown,
beckon,
beclaw,
becloak,
beclog,
beclose,
becloud,
beclout,
begown,
bellow,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From be- + clown.
Sample Sentences
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To the extent that the demand for Black English comes from people with this attitude it is not a serious demand, and to answer their arguments would be to play their game and beclown onself.^([sic]) [1972, J. Mitchell Morse, The Irrelevant English Teacher, Temple University Press, →ISBN, page 82:]
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In 1971, when I discussed his work in terms of this complex Renaissance understanding of folly, well documented in his own work and quite consistent with the traditions of the learned satire that he was trying to compose, he suggested that I had "beclowned" him, […] [2001, Donald Theall, Virtual Marshall McLuhan, McGill-Queen's University Press, →ISBN, page 106:]
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Even Democratic hopeful Joe Biden, whose mouth churns up huge yardage every time he answers a question the long way around, hasn't "beclowned" himself, to borrow a word much beloved in the conservative blogosphere. [2007 June, James Wolcott, “The YouTube Election”, in Vanity Fair:]