satirize

verb

sat·​i·​rize ˈsa-tə-ˌrīz 

satirized; satirizing

intransitive verb

: to utter or write satire

transitive verb

: to censure or ridicule by means of satire

satirizable

ˌsa-tə-ˈrī-zə-bəl 

adjective

Examples of satirize in a Sentence

The book satirizes contemporary life.

Recent Examples on the Web

Bateman's seething anger at having his card bested by that of his colleague Paul Allen (Jared Leto), despite the two cards looking almost identical, satirized the vacuous materialism of 1980s yuppie culture. —New Atlas, 9 June 2025

Sean Solo’s TikToks also satirize how a Hongdae man approaches women of different ethinicities and nationalities. —Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 5 June 2025

With Illinois at the epicenter of a national and potentially global crisis, the play satirizes a range of all-American ideologues: conspiracy theorists, doomsday preachers, isolationists and jingoistic military types. —Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025

This raises a lot of questions about satirizing acutely current events, and what to do when those events are on the verge of overtaking the satire. —Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1616, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Rhymes for satirize

• advertise
• aggrandize
• agonize
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize

Kids Definition

satirize

verb

sat·​i·​rize ˈsat-ə-ˌrīz 

satirized; satirizing

: to make fun of or show the weaknesses of by using satire