lampooning

verb

present participle of lampoon
as in satirizing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lampooning
  1. parodying
  2. caricaturing
  3. mocking
  4. ridiculing
  5. deriding
  6. spoofing
  7. imitating
  8. mimicking
Verb
  • Lasso, in his initial introduction to audiences, wasn’t the warm, pun-loving, inspirational coach audiences would eventually embrace through Apple +, but a slightly arrogant buffoon parodying the average American sports fan.
    — Charles Moss, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • It's been 13 years since the last Scary Movie hit theaters in 2013, and the newest installment reverts to its roots in parodying a variety of movies and television shows.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Definition of parodying
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  • After outlining that corrupt deal, Du Bois dissects how scholarship sympathetic to the northern interests then rewrote Reconstruction’s history, turning the period into a fable of failure while caricaturing Black political leadership and widespread democratic participation.
    — Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
Definition of caricaturing
Verb
  • The latest comedic trend taking over social media involves people mocking Netflix-style documentaries with a specific prompt, usually tied to their trauma, niche inconveniences, major news events or unanswered questions in pop culture.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • The Belgian team’s official X account celebrated the team’s win with a pair of mocking posts.
    — Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of mocking
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  • For example, 'Blazing Saddles' and 'All in the Family' confronted bigotry by ridiculing prejudice.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Speaking of which, when news broke Friday that much of the team’s equipment had been stolen, there was a nearly instantaneous social media ridiculing of the city.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026
Definition of ridiculing
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  • Still, even such deployments have drawn scrutiny, with some on social media criticizing the film’s AI usage and deriding the movie’s quality.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 2 July 2026
  • Though the bot sometimes suggested calling helplines, the lawsuit alleges that GPT-4o mostly allowed Alice space to fixate on her dark thoughts, in one instance even deriding suicide hotlines after Alice rejected the idea of calling one.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 11 June 2026
Definition of deriding
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  • For its upcoming Los Angeles venue, experiential art firm Meow Wolf will focus on the art of storytelling, with a specific eye toward spoofing our city’s moviemaking magic.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The Orlan-10 can carry payloads such as a module for spoofing signals from GPS and other global navigation satellite systems, along with a communications network monitoring module and various optical and thermal sensors.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
Definition of spoofing
Verb
  • In addition, Meadowlands can spoof enemy assets by imitating the specific, complex waveforms used by military and commercial satellite networks.
    — David Szondy July 06, New Atlas, 7 July 2026
  • Second, GenAI output can reproduce part of a creator’s work or imitating their style, free riding on the years spent developing their craft.
    — Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026
Definition of imitating
Verb
  • Shahdadpuri walked to its location in the lower concourse, pulled the red jersey over the white-and-baby blue stripes of Argentina and spread his arms out wide — mimicking an image of Mahomes that was being shown on a video loop.
    — Sam McDowell July 11, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2026
  • The company is based in Gwinnett County and specializes in mimicking the appearance of 1970s-era Ford Broncos and Mercedes-Benz G-Wagons with all the bells, whistles and customization of new luxury vehicles.
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of mimicking
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