travestying
Making a mockery
Travestying is making a travesty of something—distorting or debasing it through crude imitation or misrepresentation.
The word suggests reducing something serious or dignified to absurdity: The film was travestying the historical events it claimed to portray.
A travesty exaggerates and distorts, producing a grotesque caricature of the original.
Exaggerated comic depiction
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- spoofComic exaggerated imitation
- satireMockery exposing vice
send-up · pastiche · takeoff · skit · mockumentary · impersonation · mimicry · roast
Contemptuous mocking treatment
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- jeerVocal expression of scorn
taunt · sneer · jibe · sarcasm · raillery · irreverence · disrespect · belittling
caricature
Exaggerated comic depiction
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- spoofComic exaggerated imitation
satire · send-up · pastiche · takeoff · skit · mockumentary · impersonation · mimicry · roast · shtick
ridicule
Contemptuous mocking treatment
jeer · taunt · sneer · jibe · sarcasm · raillery · irreverence · disrespect · belittling · denigration
misrepresent
Depict inaccurately or falsely
garble · falsify · corrupt · debase · deform · mangle · butcher · mutilate · misinterpret · misconstrue
travestyinghonoring
Recognizing with respect
preserving · respecting · upholding · authenticating · venerating
travestyingvenerating
Regarding with deep respect
earnest · revering · dignifying · exalting · glorifying