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noun
An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A pastiche, parody, or stylistic imitation; a burlesque literary or artistic imitation (typically of a more serious work).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An appalling event, situation or outcome (especially in relation to another outcome to which it is grossly inferior).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: proscribed, sometimes
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verb
To make a travesty of; to parody.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, charade, pasquinade, put-on
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Broader terms: caricature, imitation, impersonation
noun
a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: farce, farce comedy
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Broader terms: comedy
verb
make a travesty of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: spoof, burlesque, parody
History
From French travesti (“disguised, burlesqued”), past participle of travestir (“to disguise”), borrowed from Italian travestire (“to dress up, disguise”), from tra- (“across”) + vestire (“to dress”), from Latin vestiō (“to clothe, dress”), from Proto-Italic *westis (“clothing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis (“dressing”) from verbal root *wes- (“to dress, clothe”); cognate to English wear. Doublet of travesti.
Across languages
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