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Satire

A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.

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Genre 76% connected

A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners.

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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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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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Sarcastic 74% connected

Alt. of Sarcastical

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Sarcastic 74% connected

Alt. of Sarcastical

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Irony 92% connected

Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.

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Sarcasm 92% connected

A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.

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Literary genre noun · 78% connection

a style of expressing yourself in writing

Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre.
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Metaphor noun · 78% connection

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a simila…

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Nonfiction noun · 78% connection

prose writing that is not fictional

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Writing style noun · 78% connection

a style of expressing yourself in writing

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Drama noun · 78% connection

the literary genre of works intended for the theater

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Board noun · 78% connection

A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or…

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By adjective · 78% connection

Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral…

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Converse noun · 78% connection

A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for t…

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Dry superl. · 78% connection

Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit.

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Eager adjective · 78% connection

Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

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Exposure noun · 78% connection

The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to repr…

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Georgic adjective · 78% connection

A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating lands, etc.; as, the Georgics of Virgil.

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Idiot noun · 78% connection

A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office.

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Iniquity noun · 78% connection

A character or personification in the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice and sometimes of…

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Instrumentation noun · 78% connection

The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; orchestration; instrumental composition…

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Intense adjective · 78% connection

Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold. (c) Vehement;…

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Job verb · 78% connection

To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

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Keen superl. · 78% connection

Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features.

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Mordant adjective · 78% connection

Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.

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Notorious adjective · 78% connection

Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavor…

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Ode noun · 78% connection

A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble senti…

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Paracrostic noun · 78% connection

A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem.

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Poetical adjective · 78% connection

Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical composition; poetical prose.

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