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Lampoon

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

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Blackguard 76% connected

The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen…

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Caricature 76% connected

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

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Guy 76% connected

A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which hold…

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Imitation 76% connected

The act of imitating.

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Impersonation 76% connected

Alt. of Impersonification

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Rib 76% connected

One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

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Ridicule 76% connected

An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.

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Roast 76% connected

To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces wit…

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Satirize 74% connected

To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Satirize 74% connected

To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.

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Burlesque 92% 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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mockery 92% 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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Parody 92% 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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pasquinade 92% connected

A lampoon or satirical writing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Satirize 92% connected

To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Travesty 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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