satirize

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈsatɪrʌɪz/

Definition of satirize

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To make a satire of; to mock.
    “Classic writers are prone to satirize women lashingly, but Jonson's satire is different.”
    “Nat Habib, the producer‐director at the Scarsdale theater, says that “Flahooley,” which satirizes big business, was in part a victim of the McCarthyism of the times.”
    “It occasionally suffers from the pontification so deservedly satirized in rockumentaries like This Is Spinal Tap.”
    “But Reitman, who also coscripted the film (with Sheldon Turner) from a novel by Walter Kirn, isn't interested in merely satirizing the existence of guys like Bingham.”

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Etymology

From satire + -ize.

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