satirizing
present participle ofsatirize
satirize
verb[T]
(UKusuallysatirise)uk/ˈsæt.ɪ.raɪz/us/ˈsæt̬.ə.raɪz/to usesatireto show thatpeopleorideashavebadqualitiesor arewrong
Disapproving & criticizing
- anathematize
- animadversion
- aspersion
- assail
- aw
- backbite
- dim
- fault
- mauling
- nitpick
- nitpicking
- peanut gallery
- people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
- personalization
- personalize
- philippic
- pick
- pitch
- sarky
- trash
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Humour & humorous
Examplesofsatirizing
satirizing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The festival thus becomes a mediating valve through which the people can salve, ritualistically and seasonally, the trauma of colonialism bysatirizingit.
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More generally it evinces an awkward mixture of rhythms and poor continuity - perhapssatirizingthe thinking by two-bar units of minuet style, and more broadly the 'modern manner' of composition.
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Satirizingthe colonial power was thus part of a larger iconoclastic and subversive undertaking to bring a threatening political force down to earth, and where possible to insignificance.
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Beyondsatirizingthis "great" topic, such "irritating" digressions confront readers with the mechanics of the novel, its formal structure, how and on what basis it constructs truth-effects.
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It is a spoof on television variety shows of the 1950s,satirizingcelebrities public images and private lives.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A variety of other small businesses also sprang up exploiting (and/orsatirizing) the new craze.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The two styles converged and in the 17th and 18th century the term vaudeville came to be used for songssatirizingpolitical and court events.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Can we identify elements of the historical/political context that the writers aresatirizing?
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The celebration highlight is a parade of creatively decorated streetcarssatirizingsociety and politics.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She was in the habit ofsatirizingin verse those who had offended her.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The songs were real factors in holding the interest of crowds, emphasizing issues, developing enthusiasm andsatirizingopponents.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some critics read the poems as exposing andsatirizingcultural attitudes toward women.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Often, the candidacies are a means of casting a protest vote orsatirizingthe political system.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They sometimes brought a five piece brass band, and they sang union songs,satirizingthe company and the police.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Suddenly, as the combinations grew more grotesque, you realized he wassatirizingevery perversion known to mankind without using a single naughty phrase.
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- scope-out
- scope something/someone out
- scope sth/sb out
- scope-sth-sb-out
- -scopic
- -scopy
- scorch
- scorched
- scorched-earth policy
- scorched-earth-policy
- scorcher
- scorching
- scorching sun
- score
- scoreboard
- scorecard
- scored
- scorekeeper
- scoreless
- scoreless draw
- scoreless tie
- scoreline
- score-out-through
- score-points-off
- score points off sb