self-caricature
noun[CorU]
(alsoselfcaricature)uk/ˌselfˈkær.ɪ.kə.tʃʊər/us/ˌselfˈker.ə.kə.tʃʊr/someone's way ofbehavingthat is anexaggeration(= abigger,better, orworseversion)of what they are really like:
Eventually hisalienationbecameanact, atiresomeself-caricature.
Thepoetwas not infactthedryoldstickof his self-caricature.
- Thischaracteris soidolizedby theauthoras toseemaformofcreativeself-caricature.
- We arewitnessingthefull-blownmanifestationof a self-caricature that hasdevelopedthroughoutthecampaign.
- Nicholson,playingthepsychoanalyst, goes intofullself-caricaturemode.
Mocking and taunting
- caricature
- deride
- derision
- derisive
- derisively
- grief
- haze
- laugh insomeone'sfaceidiom
- layyourselfopen to ridiculeidiom
- make a mockery ofsomethingidiom
- make a monkey out ofsomeoneidiom
- mimic
- mimicry
- mock
- parody
- ridicule
- sardonic
- sardonically
- scoff
- scoffer