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Recent Examples of scaramouch
Much like his namesake, the scaramouch, the Mooch masquerades as a useful idiot and a sly schemer, performing both roles while never forgetting to enthrall the audience and, most important, the boss.
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Tiana Lowe, National Review, 28 July 2017
Tiana Lowe, National Review, 28 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scaramouch
Noun
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Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso and Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
10 Jan. 2022
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The same praise could be heaped upon Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso, which opened the evening.—
Paul Hodgins,
Orange County Register,
19 May 2017
Noun
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Heading to downtown Cincinnati for a weekend filled with lederhosen, liter-sized beer steins, giant cream puffs, bratwurst and cringe-worthy chicken dances?—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
16 Sep. 2025
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Kaminari Issa, which sells everything from matcha beer to matcha cream puffs at its four stores in Tokyo's Asakusa district, said receiving an email request for a ton of matcha is not unusual.—
Kaori Enjoji,
CNBC,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That monster is Gregers Werle (Alexander Hurt), who returns to his home town only to find that his childhood friend Hjalmar Ekdal (a superbly comic Nick Westrate) has been living in a fool’s paradise.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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An affable dad who avoids divisive topics like politics and religion in favor of gentler, autobiographical material that tends to cast him as a well-meaning fool, the Tennessee native is also the rare comic capable of appealing to, or at least not actively alienating, a broad swathe of viewers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ignore it, and the ground shifts beneath ostrich-minded leaders.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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If an ostrich approaches the safari vehicle, visitors will get an up close view.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Her goal is to start a women’s consciousness-raising group, and her efforts have brought together a motley, inquisitive quintet.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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Kaan kaan wu, with its motley of melds, is where these two tiles from different suits can be used in a clean-sweeping hand.—
Rudy Lee,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2023
Noun
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The jasmine and whipped coconut sneak in, giving it a soft floral creaminess that makes the caramel feel grown-up instead of candy-shop.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Warriors didn’t ask him to run often against Heritage, but his two carries were a bulldozing plunge for a two-point conversion and a 1-yard sneak for a touchdown.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ronald McDonald would beg to differ, although this assertion was made a full 40 years before the hamburger harlequin would supplant Bozo as America’s most beloved parti-colored jester.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Pugs is dressed like a jester, poor kid.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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The season's antics have ignited a feud with the president and his administration against the show and its creators.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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How Comedy Can Make Parent-Child Relationships More Digestible Both TV shows are comedies—Futurama especially leans into the goofy antics.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
16 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Scaramouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaramouch. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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