lampooned

verb

past tense of lampoon
as in satirized

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lampooned
  1. parodied
  2. caricatured
  3. derided
  4. mocked
  5. ridiculed
  6. imitated
  7. spoofed
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  • In Mel Brooks’ parody fashion, the Spaceballs team parodied Marvel’s Hall H panels with an expansive Spaceballs Cinematic Universe, stretching across 180-degree screens in the room.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Maury Povich is looking back on being parodied by Jim Carrey on In Living Color.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
Definition of parodied
Verb
  • In creative, advanced age is omitted or caricatured, reducing relevance before the message has a chance to work.
    — Ray Lansigan, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • And the ones that do exist were faceless in fields, or caricatured — displayed as subservient property.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 20 June 2026
Definition of caricatured
Verb
  • Some elite African Americans derided her efforts and called for humility and respectability.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
  • Barnacle said Arrabaca, who repaired Patriot missile systems in the Army from 2001 to 2005, derided ICE with profanities during his arrest.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Definition of derided
Verb
  • El-Sayed accused Stevens of representing a failing political establishment and mocked the outside spending supporting her campaign.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Since the education minister's resignation, Modi has also spoken of forgiving those who had mocked the prime minister, an apparent effort to reconnect with younger audiences.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of mocked
Verb
  • The move was widely ridiculed in the Pacific Rim nation, where English is already widely used, including in courts and parliament.
    — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • That, coupled with the fear of being ridiculed, may do the trick.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
Definition of ridiculed
Verb
  • The University of Chicago, University of Illinois and Columbia University soon imitated this approach.
    — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
  • When fraudsters adopt voice cloning, banks respond with checks that test for the subtle traces cloning leaves behind, and when defenders turn to the study of behavior, criminals begin to rehearse how ordinary conduct can be imitated.
    — Dennis-Kenji Kipker, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of imitated
Verb
  • It had been spoofed so precisely that the messages accompanying the call arrived in the same gray bubbles, with the same Apple logo, that only real Apple support uses in iMessage.
    — Ryan Pettit, Time, 7 July 2026
  • The announcement featured a trailer that spoofed the Harry Potter movies, with Cenat writing letters to aspiring streamers who had been accepted to the school.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Definition of spoofed
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