caricaturizes
Draws exaggerated portraits
Caricaturizes means to depict or describe someone or something by exaggerating distinctive features for comic or satiric effect.
The word applies to visual art—a cartoonist caricaturizes a politician's nose—and to written or spoken portrayals: The novel caricaturizes suburban life as shallow and conformist.
To caricaturize is to reduce a subject to its most mockable elements.
Mocks through exaggerated imitation
- parodiesSatirical imitations
- mocksRidicules through imitation
- ridiculesSubjects to contemptuous laughter
- spoofsComic imitations mocking originals
satirizes · skewers · roasts · burlesques · travesties · jibes · taunts · needles
Misrepresents or deforms
- overemphasizesStresses something too much
- magnifiesIncreases perceived size
- inflatesFills with gas
- amplifiesIncreases strength or volume
overstates · embellishes · heightens · overdraws · stretches · hyperbolizes · overdoes · warps
Rough, quick drawings
- drawsCreates images with pencil
- depictsRepresents through imagery
- portraysPerforms as another
- illustratesShows by example
cartoons · doodles · renders · penned · limns · delineates · stylizes · pencils
Narrow sorting slots
- typecastsRepeatedly assigns similar roles
- simplifiesMakes less complex
- generalizesForms broad principles
- labelsIdentifying markers attached to items
reduces · flattens · categorizes · profiles · oversimplifies
lampoons
Mocks through exaggerated imitation
- parodiesSatirical imitations
- mocksRidicules through imitation
- ridiculesSubjects to contemptuous laughter
spoofs · satirizes · skewers · roasts · burlesques · travesties · jibes · taunts · needles · pillories
distorts
Misrepresents or deforms
- overemphasizesStresses something too much
- magnifiesIncreases perceived size
- inflatesFills with gas
amplifies · overstates · embellishes · heightens · overdraws · stretches · hyperbolizes · overdoes · warps · overplays
sketches
Rough, quick drawings
illustrates · cartoons · doodles · renders · penned · limns · delineates · stylizes · pencils · inks
pigeonholes
Narrow sorting slots
- typecastsRepeatedly assigns similar roles
- simplifiesMakes less complex
- generalizesForms broad principles
labels · reduces · flattens · categorizes · profiles · oversimplifies
caricaturizesdocuments
Formal written records
reproduces · photographs · transcribes · records · mirrors