Satirize

Quick meaning: Satirize is a verb meaning (transitive) To make a satire of; to mock.

Meaning

(transitive) To make a satire of; to mock.

Example Sentences

Classic writers are prone to satirize women lashingly, but Jonson's satire is different.

It occasionally suffers from the pontification so deservedly satirized in rockumentaries like This Is Spinal Tap.

Nat Habib, the producer‐director at the Scarsdale theater, says that “Flahooley,” which satirizes big business, was in part a victim of the McCarthyism of the times.

But Reitman, who also coscripted the film (with Sheldon Turner) from a novel by Walter Kirn, isn't interested in merely satirizing the existence of guys like Bingham.

Word Forms

• satirizes
• satirizing
• satirized
• satirise

Synonyms for satirize

Depending on context, synonyms include lampoon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lampoon, satirise, parody, mimic, travesty, mimick.

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