satirise

Verb

Meaning

ridicule with satire

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

lampoon satirize gale parody fool mimic divert entertain flip mock gag ridicule caricature amuse chaff

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Antonyms

respect praise approve admire flatter compliment

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Hypernyms

guy blackguard ridicule rib roast laugh at

Anagrams

Tiresias

Examples

I'm not tempted to write a song about George W. Bush. I couldn't figure out what sort of song I would write. That's the problem: I don't want to satirise George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporise them. ... And that's not funny. Tom Lehrer

The writer satirized the politician's proposal Source: Internet

Although he was a keen participant in the stock and money markets, Pope never missed an opportunity to satirise the personal, social and political effects of the new scheme of things. Source: Internet

All Burney's novels explore the lives of English aristocrats, and satirise their social pretensions and personal foibles, with an eye to larger questions such as the politics of female identity. Source: Internet

That's the problem: I don't want to satirise George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporize them." Source: Internet

The aim of the club was to satirise ignorance and pedantry in the form of the fictional scholar Martinus Scriblerus. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

satirique satirisable satirisation satiriser satirist satirizable