caricaturing
present participle ofcaricature
caricature
verb[T]
uk/ˈkær.ɪ.kə.tʃʊər/us/ˈker.ə.kə.tʃʊr/tocreatea caricature:
Charles Dickens caricaturedlawyers(=representedthem in a way that made themlooksilly)in several of hisnovels.
Mocking and taunting
- caricature
- deride
- derision
- derisive
- derisively
- grief
- haze
- lampoon
- laugh insomeone'sfaceidiom
- layyourselfopen to ridiculeidiom
- make a mockery ofsomethingidiom
- make a monkey out ofsomeoneidiom
- mimic
- mimicry
- mock
- ridicule
- sardonic
- sardonically
- scoff
- scoffer
Examplesofcaricaturing
caricaturing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
This process results not merely incaricaturingthe opposition but in trivializing the past science.
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I may be paraphrasing orcaricaturingwhat he said.
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Witnessing this, one is incensed with the bitterness and cynicism; at other moments one cannot helpcaricaturingthe situation.
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That iscaricaturingit a little, but that is the picture.
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I do not believe that we get anywhere bycaricaturingour opponents' arguments and policies.
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I may becaricaturingthe argument for the sake of illustration, but the truth is that the mere existence of a constitution—written or unwritten—guarantees nothing.
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Too often the hunting debate is distorted bycaricaturingthe extremes of the argument.
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The problem is not solved by misstating it or bycaricaturingit.
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He accused me ofcaricaturingthe tribunal.
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They are alwayscaricaturingour feelings.
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I may becaricaturingthe position.
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This is not some woolly, liberal, soft-soap measure that has come out of some enlightened working party; there is no possibility ofcaricaturingthe proposal in that way.
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During the preparation of one of his works, he proved his talent to a friend bycaricaturinghim in dust smeared on canvas.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Caricaturingthe rabbinical style of argument, the author humorously criticizes everyone, not excluding himself.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Smith helped publicize the club and its forays with a series of cartoons in various journals, some of themcaricaturingthe leading mycologists of the day.
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