Waugh
Brideshead novelist's surname
Waugh is a surname, most famously associated with British novelist Evelyn Waugh, known for satirical works like *Brideshead Revisited*.
The name appears in literary and cultural contexts: Have you read any Waugh?
As an exclamation, waugh is an old-fashioned spelling of a cry of dismay or frustration, now rarely seen outside comic strips and period fiction.
Papal Christian denomination
- conversionAct of changing states
- interwarBetween major conflicts
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- satiristOne who mocks through wit
Meaning opposite to words
- parodySatirical imitation
- witClever, inventive humor
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
lampoon · social commentary · acerbic · trenchant · farce · burlesque · cynicism · dark humor
Greek-rooted masculine name
- AlexanderMasculine Greek-origin name
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- siblingsFellow offspring
- fatherMale parent
son · heir · literary legacy · English letters · Fleet Street · journalism · memoir · Private Eye
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
patronymic · English surname · Scottish · descent · pedigree · clan · kinship
Catholicism
Papal Christian denomination
- conversionAct of changing states
- interwarBetween major conflicts
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
irony
Meaning opposite to words
caricature · lampoon · social commentary · acerbic · trenchant · farce · burlesque · cynicism · dark humor · upper-class
Alec
Greek-rooted masculine name
father · son · heir · literary legacy · English letters · Fleet Street · journalism · memoir · Private Eye · critics
genealogy
Study of family descent
family name · patronymic · English surname · Scottish · descent · pedigree · clan · kinship
WaughGeorge Orwell
H.G. Wells · E.M. Forster · George Bernard Shaw · Bertrand Russell · D.H. Lawrence