as in parodied
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
caricatured the supervisor's distinctive walk
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Recent Examples of caricatured
For years, national media caricatured our city as a war zone.
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Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
These changes have been caricatured as authoritarian and corrupt.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
These changes have been caricatured as authoritarian and corrupt.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caricatured
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It was endlessly parodied and imitated.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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But for fans who’ve lived with this show across decades — through different casts, different eras, different presidents being parodied on cold opens — the real measure of Michaels’ impact is harder to quantify.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Mar. 2026
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The fact that the team is almost entirely composed of Americans with Italian heritage is by now well-known and lovingly mocked on both sides of the Atlantic.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Quotas, speech codes and identity politics now mocked as woke and un-American, often defied common sense.—
Maurice O'Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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It was endlessly parodied and imitated.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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That’s a rhythm of Barron’s that many a playwright has imitated.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Caricatured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caricatured. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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