caricatured

past tense of caricature

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Recent Examples of caricatured And the ones that do exist were faceless in fields, or caricatured — displayed as subservient property. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 20 June 2026 In an accompanying cartoon, Spark is caricatured as a sulking giant, tottering above the Tuscan countryside in a pair of high heels. Literary Hub, 9 June 2026 The first was King George III himself, a monarch often caricatured but in fact more attentive to the British constitutional tradition than his American detractors allowed. Danielle Allen, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026 This idea of reasonableness is easily caricatured as moral timidity or a bloodless neutrality that drains politics of passion. Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 For years, national media caricatured our city as a war zone. 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
Verb
  • If there’s a cringe video of bridesmaids getting a little too close to a groom, Madison Humphrey has probably parodied it.
    Leslie Horn Peterson, Time, 14 July 2026
  • Endlessly mocked, constantly parodied, and vaguely resented, the mandarins in American civic life have no real allies or admirers.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Florida State coach Mike Norvell, hailed for building a behemoth through the portal in 2023, is now never-endingly mocked by rivals.
    Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
  • Hilton was quickly mocked, with online commenters pointing out that authentic Mexican street tacos are served in soft tortillas, cooked up by street vendors, and that the hard-shell varieties found in a fast-food chain do not count as the real deal.
    Linh Tat, Daily News, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • But according to some luxury brands, authenticity is something that is often imitated but never replicated.
    James Sneed, NPR, 10 July 2026
  • They were both reviled and imitated, but always watched as a pop cultural spectacle.
    Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026

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“Caricatured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caricatured. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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