Other Words from parody

Noun

parodic \ pə-ˈrä-dik

, pa- \ adjective

parodistic \ ˌper-ə-ˈdi-stik

, ˌpa-rə- \ adjective

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Noun

caricature, burlesque, parody, travesty mean a comic or grotesque imitation. caricature implies ludicrous exaggeration of the characteristic features of a subject. caricatures of politicians in cartoons burlesque implies mockery especially through giving a serious or lofty subject a frivolous treatment. a nightclub burlesque of a trial in court parody applies especially to treatment of a trivial or ludicrous subject in the exactly imitated style of a well-known author or work. a witty parody of a popular novel travesty implies that the subject remains unchanged but that the style is extravagant or absurd. this production is a travesty of the opera

Examples of parody in a Sentence

Noun He has a talent for writing parodies. a writer with a talent for parody Verb It was easy to parody the book's fancy language. She parodied her brother's poetry.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun In just under a minute, Radcliffe’s transformation into the parody king is complete. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 May 2022 In the silly parody, the comedian and late night host digitally inserts himself into the footage to play the band's fifth member. — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 8 Dec. 2021 The plot also contains a Ratatouille parody, a fake end-credits reel, and a lot of googly eyes. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2022 Even a cynic, armed with criticisms about the play’s dusty, gender-reliant parody, could appreciate the allure of a Parker and Broderick ticket this Broadway season. — Michael Appler, Variety, 29 Mar. 2022 The parody, posted on YouTube, in which Judge Carlos Quezada played a starring role, ended with a pitch for his re-election to the 289th Juvenile District Court. — Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Feb. 2022 Almost everyone onstage is an old pro, with a very identifiable personal brand that verges on self-parody. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2022 This whole thread, and Silicon Valley in general, is a self-parody. — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021 One problem is that some of McKay’s biggest targets here — specifically in politics and infotainment — have already reached maximum self-parody or tragedy (or both). — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb More recently, he's begun posting TikTok videos that lovingly parody common movie and TV tropes. — USA Today, 22 Mar. 2022 Rifkin’s Festival is a comic retrospective about a film professor (played by Wallace Shawn) who, in his pathetic senior years, sees his life in terms of old films — flashbacks and fantasies that parody the classic canon. — Armond White, National Review, 4 Feb. 2022 Both the costumes and the photos actually parody the sort of images Westerners once made of Middle Eastern women. — Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021 However, the memo was meant to parody legislation in the U.S. restricting women's reproductive rights, and Rabb told USA TODAY his bill was never intended to pass. — Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2021 To poke a hole in Instagram’s artificial veneer, Kite suggests encouraging your teen to follow people who parody social media’s toxic culture, such as comedic critics like @hicaitlinreilly. — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2021 However no one attempted to parody Smart's role as the Fruit Ninja-loving, manhattan-chugging great-grandmother Helen, because why mess with perfection? — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 June 2021 The blonde 31-year-old is known in downtown circles for the ability to lightly parody a ditzy life of iced matchas and Brandy Melville shopping sprees while also being the smartest voice on luxury timepieces for women. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 19 May 2021 Dogecoin was a cryptocurrency first conceived in 2013; made to parody Bitcoin. — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 10 May 2021 See More

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