Burlesque synonyms

bər-lĕsk'

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tragicomedy
A film, television show, or theatrical work combining elements of tragedy and comedy.
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parody
Something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery; a travesty:
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travesty
The definition of a travesty is an imitation that is grossly incorrect.
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caricature
A representation, especially pictorial or literary, in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect.
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lampoon
A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution.
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show
(Uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance.
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revue
A form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied. Any entertainment featuring skits, dances, and songs.
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vaudeville
(Historical, countable) An entertainment in this style.
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burleycue
(Informal) burlesque
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strip
An area of dense commercial development, often of a specified kind, along a thoroughfare
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burly
A bawdy stage show
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topless show
A bawdy stage show
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nudie
Entertainment involving naked people, especially women.
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girlie show
A bawdy stage show
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performance (related)
The definition of performance is how effective something or someone is at doing a good job.
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comedian
An actor who plays comic parts
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comedy
The branch of drama having to do with such plays
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farce
The definition of a farce is something that is intended to be seen as ridiculous, particularly a comedy based on an unlikely situation.
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mime
A communications protocol that allows for the transmission of data in many forms, such as audio, binary, or video.
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mimic
An organism that resembles another by mimicry.
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mock
An object of scorn or derision:
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overact
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ridicule
Words or actions intended to produce such laughter
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satire
Such literary works collectively
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slapstick
A boisterous form of comedy marked by chases, collisions, and crude practical jokes.
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spoof
(UK) A drinking game in which players hold up to three (another specified number of) coins hidden in a fist and attempt to guess the total number of coins held.
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takeoff
The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.
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factual (antonym)
Having the nature of fact; real; actual
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historical (antonym)
Important or famous in history.
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mockery
A person or thing receiving or deserving ridicule
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sham
A counterfeit; something that is not what it seems or appears to be; a fake; a person pretending to be something or someone other than who she really is. adj. Deceitful or dishonest.
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ape
To go ape is defined as to be extremely excited about something either in a positive or violent way.
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imitate
To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
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do a takeoff on
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respect (related)
A particular aspect, feature, or detail:
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same (related)
Someone or something identical with another:
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sendup
Alternative form of send-up.
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charade
The definition of a charade is an act or a pretense put on to make something appear different than what it is or a word or phrase that is acted out.
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pasquinade
A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.
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put-on
Something, such as a prank, intended as a hoax or joke; a spoof.
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caricatural
Having the character of a caricature
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parodic
Of, related to, or having the characteristics of parody.
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burletta
A comic operetta; a musical farce.
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comedietta
A dramatic composition of the comedy class, but not so much elaborated as a regular comedy, and generally consisting of one or at most two acts.
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pasquil
A pasquin; a lampoon.
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pasquin
A lampooner.
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music-hall (related)
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musical comedy (related)
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striptease (related)
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cabaret (related)
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melodrama (related)
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bawdy (related)
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pantomime (related)
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screwball (related)
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theatrical entertainment
A bawdy stage show
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Burlesque Sentence Examples

  • A limerick is a kind of burlesque epigram, written in five lines.

  • Finally, although in the sanctuary of Aesculapius healing came directly or indirectly as the patients dreamed, it appears from the burlesque of Aristophanes (Plutus, 653 sqq.) that they first bathed in the sacred spring.

  • His genius tended naturally in the direction of burlesque and satire.

  • This singular romance is diversified by, or, to speak more properly, it is the vehicle of the most bewildering abundance of digression, burlesque amplification, covert satire on things political, social and religious, miscellaneous erudition of the literary and scientific kind.

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