Satire Synonyms

sătīr
A work containing satire, sense 1
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. parody
  2. burlesque
  3. lampoon
  4. caricature
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. hudibrastic
  2. ironic
  3. ironical
  4. pantagruelian
  5. sarcastic
  6. sardonic
  7. satiric
  8. satirical
Synonyms:
(Verb)
  1. ape
  2. mimic

Words Related to Satire

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Satire Sentence Examples

  • This poem was a brilliant satire on contemporary manners, and enjoyed an extraordinary success.

  • There is some truth in the satire, but it wholly misrepresents her rupture with Chopin.

  • In point of form the satire of Lucilius owed nothing to the Greeks.

  • These were written in their author's chosen vein of light satire, and Dryden praised them as highly effective within their own range.

  • In 1559 du Bellay published at Poitiers La Nouvelle Maniere de faire son profit des lettres, a satirical epistle translated from the Latin of Adrien Turnebe, and with it Le Poete courtisan, which introduced the formal satire into French poetry.

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