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SATIRIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they satirize ... he / she / it satirizes
Past simple: satirized
Past participle: satirized
-ing form: satirizing
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 "satirize" 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)
