Widely and unreasonably feared.

WHY TO PEOPLE GET SCARED SHITLESS OF THESE FREAKS IN MAKEUP!?

I think it has become 'trendy' to be scared of clowns, and the media...screw the media...has made a party tradition into a scarry murderer, or a haunted house fiend.

Don't be scared of clowns, its unreasonable...stupid, and they will NOT KILL YOU with butcher knives...

*vent*