parody

parody
Synonyms and related words:
Atticism, agile wit, anamorphosis, ape, bad likeness, belie, black humor, botch, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, color, comedy, copy, copying, corruption, counterfeiting, daub, debasement, deride, disguise, distort, distortion, dry wit, dummy, duplication, emulation, esprit, exaggerate, facsimile, fakery, falsify, farce, fleer, following, forgery, garble, guy, hit off on, hit-off, humor, imitation, impersonation, imposture, impression, irony, kid, knockoff, lampoon, laugh at, make fun of, mimesis, mimic, mimicry, mirroring, miscolor, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, misteach, mock, mock-up, mockery, model, nimble wit, onomatopoeia, overdraw, overstate, paraphrase, pastiche, perversion, pervert, pillory, plagiarism, plagiary, pleasantry, poke fun at, poor imitation, pretty wit, quick wit, ready wit, repetition, replica, representation, reproduction, rib, ridicule, roast, salt, sarcasm, satire, satirize, savor of wit, scoff at, scratch, scribble, send up, simulation, slant, slapstick, slapstick humor, sneer at, spoof, squib, subtle wit, take off, take off on, take-off, takeoff, tease, travesty, twist, twit, understate, version, visual humor, warp, wicked imitation, wit, wrench

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  • parody — I noun amphigory, apery, buffoonery, burlesque, caricature, cartoon, comical representation, distortion, exaggeration, farce, imitation, lampoon, ludicrous imitation, mime, mimicry, mockery, mummery, pasquinade, ridicula imitatio, ridicule,… …   Law dictionary

  • parody — par o*dy (p[a^]r [ o]*d[y^]), n.; pl. {Parodies} (p[a^]r [ o]*d[i^]z). [L. parodia, Gr. parw,di a; para beside + w,dh a song: cf. F. parodie. See {Para }, and {Ode}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • parody — par o*dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {parodied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {parodying}.] [Cf. F. parodier.] To write a parody upon; to burlesque. [1913 Webster] I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of Horace. Pope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • parody# — parody n travesty, *caricature, burlesque Analogous words: skit, squib, lampoon, *libel parody vb travesty, caricature, burlesque (see under CARICATURE n) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • parody — [n] imitation, spoof apology, burlesque, caricature, cartoon, copy, derision, farce, irony, jest, joke, lampoon, mime, mimicry, misrepresentation, mockery, mock heroic*, pastiche, play on*, raillery, rib*, ridicule, roast*, satire, send up*, skit …   New thesaurus

  • parody — ► NOUN (pl. parodies) 1) an amusingly exaggerated imitation of the style of a writer, artist, or genre. 2) a feeble imitation. ► VERB (parodies, parodied) ▪ produce a parody of. DERIVATIVES paro …   English terms dictionary

  • parody — [par′ə dē] n. pl. parodies [Fr parodie < L parodia < Gr parōidia, burlesque song < para , beside (see PARA 1) + ōidē, song (see ODE)] 1. a) a literary or musical work imitating the characteristic style of some other work or of a writer… …   English World dictionary

  • Parody — A parody (pronounced|ˈpɛɹədiː US, [Help:IPA| [ˈpaɹədiː] UK), in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, by means of humorous or satiric imitation. As the literary… …   Wikipedia

  • parody — parodiable, adj. /par euh dee/, n., pl. parodies, v., parodied, parodying. n. 1. a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet s soliloquy. 2. the genre of literary composition… …   Universalium

  • parody — noun 1 writing/speech/music ADJECTIVE ▪ brilliant, clever ▪ funny, hilarious ▪ cruel ▪ song (esp. AmE) …   Collocations dictionary

  • parody — par|o|dy1 [ˈpærədi] n plural parodies [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: parodia, from Greek, from para ( PARA ) + aidein to sing ] 1.) [U and C] a piece of writing, music etc or an action that copies someone or something in an amusing way parody …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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