Travesty

Quick meaning: Travesty is a noun meaning An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.

Meaning

An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.

More Meanings

1. A pastiche, parody, or stylistic imitation; a burlesque literary or artistic imitation (typically of a more serious work).
2. (sometimes proscribed) An appalling event, situation or outcome (especially in relation to another outcome to which it is grossly inferior).
3. (transitive) To make a travesty of; to parody.

Example Sentences

A battlefield trial is a travesty of justice.

The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a travesty of the first.

Spurs survived the scare - and such was their domination after the break that it would have been a travesty had Arsenal escaped Wembley, hosting a Premier League record attendance of 83,222, with a draw.

In 1844, objection was raised to the Furness Railway's Dalton & Barrow line, when it was revealed that the line would pass directly through Furness Abbey. A re-route was achieved, with the line skirting the abbey ruins instead - although many continued to see the intrusion as a travesty against antiquity and the scenic beauty of the site.

Word Forms

• travesties
• travestying
• travestied

Synonyms for travesty

Depending on context, synonyms include caricature, feign, charade, pasquinade, parody, spoof.

Antonyms for travesty

Common opposites include veracity.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lampoon, pasquinade, sendup, parody, mockery, spoof.

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