Synonyms for satirize


Grammar : Verb
Spell : sat-uh-rahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæt əˌraɪz

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Définition of satirize

Origin :
  • c.1600, from French satiriser (see satire (n.)). Related: Satirized; satirizing.
  • verb ridicule
Example sentences :
  • And who shall complain when the first person that I satirize is myself?
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • It is but idle to satirize our manners and customs; we think them good.
  • Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller
  • Scaramucca or Fracassa was added to satirize the Spanish soldier.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • He satirizes human life, but he does not satirize it to degrade it.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete » by John Forster
  • Be especially careful, in a mixed company, whom you satirize.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million » by Sarah Josepha Hale
  • Nor can we claim much for their pictures which aim to satirize the vices.
  • Extract from : « Caricature and Other Comic Art » by James Parton.
  • There is unquestionably a parochial sort of nationality which it is easy to satirize.
  • Extract from : « Noah Webster » by Horace E. Scudder
  • It is an easy matter to satirize the heroic and theatrical gesture.
  • Extract from : « Seeing Things at Night » by Heywood Broun
  • He was not the first in France to satirize the romances of chivalry.
  • Extract from : « Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. » by Francois Rabelais
  • They denounced, instructed, preached, did every thing but satirize.
  • Extract from : « From Chaucer to Tennyson » by Henry A. Beers

Antonyms for satirize

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