lampooning
Publicly skewering someone
Lampooning is publicly mocking or ridiculing someone or something through satire, caricature, or parody.
The target is usually a public figure, institution, or idea presented as deserving scorn: The sketch show made its name lampooning politicians.
A lampoon attacks with humor rather than direct criticism, often exaggerating flaws for comic effect.
Satirical imitation
- spoofComic exaggerated imitation
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
- send-upMocking imitation of something
- takeoffDeparture or parody
skewering · roasting · pillorying · caricature · pastiche · travesty · skit · farce
Contemptuous mocking treatment
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
jeering · scoffing · sneering · disdain · belittlement · denigration · disparagement · jibing
Overstating beyond reality
- distortionTwisting from original state
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- impersonationPretending to be another
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
imitation · cartoon · sketch · parody · buffoonery · send-up · takeoff · overstatement
parody
Satirical imitation
- spoofComic exaggerated imitation
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
- send-upMocking imitation of something
takeoff · skewering · roasting · pillorying · caricature · pastiche · travesty · skit · farce · comedy
ridicule
Contemptuous mocking treatment
taunting · jeering · scoffing · sneering · disdain · belittlement · denigration · disparagement · jibing · raillery
exaggeration
Overstating beyond reality
- distortionTwisting from original state
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- impersonationPretending to be another
mimicry · imitation · cartoon · sketch · parody · buffoonery · send-up · takeoff · overstatement · absurdist
sarcasm
Irony used to mock
caustic · acerbic · cutting · biting · trenchant · wry · dry · stinging · barbed · sharp
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- humor publishingsatire magazines, humorous essays, editorial cartoons, political cartoons, comic strips
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- satireparody, parody account, political satire, spoof, literary satire
- tomfoolerysilliness, foolery, clownery, clownishness, goofing off
- caricaturecaricature art, caricatures, caricaturist, caricaturists, caricature artists
lampooningpraising
Voicing admiration
lauding · extolling · celebrating · glorifying · eulogizing
lampooningdefending
Protecting against harm
championing · vindicating · protecting · upholding · supporting