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SATIRISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they satirise ... he / she / it satirises
Past simple: satirised
Past participle: satirised
-ing form: satirising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ridicule with satire
Example:
The writer satirized the politician's proposal
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "satirise" is one way to...):
blackguard; guy; jest at; laugh at; make fun; poke fun; rib; ridicule; roast (subject to laughter or ridicule)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
satire (witty language used to convey insults or scorn)
