Caricaturing
91ridicule — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Derision Nouns 1. ridicule, derision, scoffing, mockery, quiz, banter, irony, persiflage, raillery, chaff, badinage. See contempt. 2. parody, burlesque, travesty, farce, caricature, camp; buffoonery,… …
92caricature — 1748, from Fr. caricature (18c.), from It. caricatura satirical picture; an exaggeration, lit. an overloading, from caricare to load, exaggerate, from V.L. carricare (see CHARGE (Cf. charge)). The Italian form had been used in English from 1680s …
93comedy — late 14c., from O.Fr. comedie (14c., a poem, not in the theatrical sense), from L. comoedia, from Gk. komoidia a comedy, amusing spectacle, from komodios singer in the revels, from komos revel, carousal + oidos singer, poet, from aeidein to sing… …
94caricature — [[t]kæ̱rɪkətʃʊə(r), AM tʃər[/t]] caricatures, caricaturing, caricatured 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way. The poster… …
95New American Poetry, 1945-1960, The — Donald Allen, ed. (1960) This landmark anthology, edited by Donald M(erriam) Allen (1912–2004), introduced Beat poets and other avant garde post–World War II poets to a wide reading audience on its publication by Grove Press in 1960. It… …
96burlesque — I. a. Caricaturing, travestying, parodying, parodical, ridiculing. II. n. Caricature, travesty, parody, farce, ludicrous representation, piece of ridicule. III. v. a. Caricature, travesty, make ludicrous or ridiculous …
97caricature — 1. noun a caricature of the Baldwin brothers Syn: cartoon, parody, satire, lampoon, burlesque; informal sendup, takeoff 2. verb she has turned to caricaturing her fellow actors Syn: parody, satirize, lampoon, make fun of, burlesque, mimic;… …
98inflated — inflated, flatulent, tumid, turgid mean filled with something insubstantial (as air or vapor). Inflated implies expansion by the introduction of something (as a gas) lacking in substance to the point where the walls are stretched taut or tension… …
99deprecatory — adj 1. censuring, reproachful, op probious, impeaching, slating, inveighing, reproving, recriminating, reprehensive, reprobative, reprobating; denunciatory, denunciating, railing, cursing, condemnatory, maledictory, anathematizing; berating,… …
100derogatory — adj 1. discrediting, disfavorable, unfavorable, disapproving, disapprobatory, disapprobative; censuring, reproachful, opprobrious, impeaching, slating, inveighing, reproving, recriminating, reprehensive, reprobative, reprobating. 2. belittling,… …