burlesqued

Sent up comically

Burlesqued means treated in a burlesque manner—exaggerated, mocked, or parodied for comic effect.

A burlesqued performance takes something serious and renders it absurd through overblown imitation: The sketch burlesqued political debates with ridiculous costumes and fake mustaches.

Victorian melodrama has been burlesqued so often that the originals now seem like parodies.

parodied

mockery

Scornful ridicule or travesty

satire · send-up · takeoff · travesty · ridicule · farce · exaggeration · imitation · skit · pastiche

theatrical

striptease

Seductive gradual undressing

sequins · corset · costume · revue · tassels · pasties · bump-and-grind · shimmy · spotlight · glitter

Opposites
sincerity of treatment

burlesquedhonored

Given recognition or respect

celebrated · venerated · revered · exalted · glorified

fidelity to original

burlesquedreplicated

Made an identical copy

preserved · documented · transcribed

Phrases
Family

burlesque, burlesques, burlesquing

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG