satirise
Lampoon through exaggeration
Satirise is the British spelling of satirize, meaning to mock or criticize through satire—using humour, irony, or exaggeration to expose foolishness or vice.
Writers satirise politicians, institutions, and social conventions: The show brilliantly satirises celebrity culture.
The target is held up for ridicule, often to prompt reflection or reform.
Comic exaggerated imitation
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
- send-upMocking imitation of something
- takeoffDeparture or parody
- pasticheImitative artistic tribute
imitation · mimicry · mockumentary · skit · farce · impersonation · travesty · sendup
Scornful ridicule or travesty
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- tauntInsulting provocation
- jibeAgree or correspond
scoff · deride · sneer · contempt · skewer · roast · takedown · pillorying
Overstate beyond truth
- distortionTwisting from original state
- skeweringPiercing with a pointed rod
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
cartoon · travesty · deflation · mock-heroic · overblown · absurdist · amplification · magnification
Explanatory remarks on events
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
- exposeMake known publicly
- politicalOf government matters
- hypocrisyPretense of virtue
corruption · institutions · establishment · power · inequality · injustice · folly · pretension
Mental quickness and skill
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
- quipBrief, clever remark
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
drollery · sharpness · incisiveness · mordancy · acerbity · caustic · sardonic · cutting
Of or in words
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- situationalDependent on circumstances
- incongruityLack of harmony
- twistRotating motion or surprise
double-edged · subtlety · understatement · juxtaposition · paradox · deadpan · tongue-in-cheek · wry
spoof
Comic exaggerated imitation
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
- send-upMocking imitation of something
- takeoffDeparture or parody
pastiche · imitation · mimicry · mockumentary · skit · farce · impersonation · travesty · sendup · rib
mockery
Scornful ridicule or travesty
jibe · scoff · deride · sneer · contempt · skewer · roast · takedown · pillorying · lampooning
exaggerate
Overstate beyond truth
- distortionTwisting from original state
- skeweringPiercing with a pointed rod
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
hyperbole · cartoon · travesty · deflation · mock-heroic · overblown · absurdist · amplification · magnification · warping
commentary
Explanatory remarks on events
hypocrisy · corruption · institutions · establishment · power · inequality · injustice · folly · pretension · vanity
cleverness
Mental quickness and skill
banter · drollery · sharpness · incisiveness · mordancy · acerbity · caustic · sardonic · cutting · pointed
verbal
Of or in words
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- situationalDependent on circumstances
- incongruityLack of harmony
twist · double-edged · subtlety · understatement · juxtaposition · paradox · deadpan · tongue-in-cheek · wry · subversion
- satirical cartoonsHumorous art criticizing society
- satirical comedyHumor exposing folly
- satirical novelFiction mocking through irony
- satirical writingMockery through exaggeration
- satirical artCreative mockery through imagery
- satirical essayProse mocking through humor
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