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Caricature

An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.

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Burlesque 76% connected

Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling…

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Lampoon 76% connected

A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.

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Mockery 76% connected

The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearan…

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Parody 76% connected

A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one sub…

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Pasquinade 76% connected

A lampoon or satirical writing.

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Travesty 76% connected

Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition.

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Humor 76% connected

Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

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Humour 76% connected

the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

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Mock 76% connected

To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.

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Wit 76% connected

of Wit

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Witticism 76% connected

A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.

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Wittiness 76% connected

The quality of being witty.

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Ape 74% connected

A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouch…

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Ape 74% connected

A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouch…

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Ape 92% connected

A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouch…

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Imitation 92% connected

The act of imitating.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Impersonation 92% connected

Alt. of Impersonification

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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