ludicrous+imitation

  • 51St. Paul —     St. Paul     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Paul     I. PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS     A. Apocryphal Acts of St. Paul     Professor Schmidt has published a photographic copy, a transcription, a German translation, and a commentary of a Coptic… …

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  • 52ridicule — I noun buffoonery, burlesque, caricature, chaff, contempt, derision, derisiveness, disdain, disparagement, disrespect, game, gibe, jeer, lampoonery, ludicrous representation, mimicry, mockery, pasquinade, raillery, ridiculum, sarcasm, satire,… …

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  • 53travesty — I noun burlesque, burlesque translation, caricature, crude presentation, distortion, exaggeration, farce, imitation, lampoon, low comedy, ludicrous presentation, mimicry, mockery, parody, perversion, ridicule, take off II index caricature,… …

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  • 54queer — Synonyms and related words: AC DC, abnormal, absurd, affected, amphierotic, anomalous, apocryphal, artificial, assumed, atypical, auntie, autoerotic, bad check, bad money, ball up, base coin, bastard, batty, bereft of reason, bi guy, bisexed,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 55burlesque — n 1. satire, lampoon, farce, spoof; caricature, cartoon, parody, travesty; Literature. mock heroic, mock tragedy; mockery, imitation, exaggeration, take off, macaronics. 2.U.S. Theater. peep show, striptease, girlie show, nudie; burletta,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 56mockery — n 1. ridicule, jeering, taunting; spoofery, funning, kidding, teasing, banter, badinage, persiflage; derision, scoffing, scorn, disdain, contempt, disrespect. 2. jeer, gibe, fleer, gaunt, raillery, contumely, nasty remark, sarcasm, Inf. roast;… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 57amusing — a•mus•ing [[t]əˈmyu zɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) pleasantly entertaining or diverting 2) causing laughter or mirth: an amusing joke[/ex] • Etymology: 1590–1600 a•mus′ing•ly, adv. a•mus′ing•ness, n. syn: amusing, comical, droll describe that which causes… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 58caricature — car•i•ca•ture [[t]ˈkær ɪ kə tʃər, ˌtʃʊər[/t]] n. v. tured, tur•ing 1) a picture or description ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of a person or thing 2) the art or process of producing such pictures or descriptions 3) any… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 59travesty — trav•es•ty [[t]ˈtræv ə sti[/t]] n. pl. ties, 1) a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation of something: a travesty of justice[/ex] 2) lit. sbz a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 60caricature — /ˈkærəkətʃʊə / (say karuhkuhchoouh) noun 1. a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: *But it was not until Hop and, a little while after, Phil May were brought from abroad that the… …