Thesaurus results for PARODYING

parodying

verb

present participle of parody

as in mocking

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of parodying a public figure's distinctive mannerisms takes particular talent

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Recent Examples of parodying And of course Burrs, whom Donica plays with titanic, Sweeney-esque feeling and force of baritone, is all the more self-hating and compromised, having made a career parodying himself. —

Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026 The cliffhanger of the previous season, which saw Lister impregnated by his female self from an alternate universe, is dismissed with a pre-episode text crawl parodying Star Wars, which irreverently moved way too fast to read. —

Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2026 In response, track athlete Alysia Montaño crafted a video in conjunction with the New York Times, parodying Nike’s sponsor’s ad. —

Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026 These are the exact type of tried-and-true New Yorkers and New York hip-hop heads the Bodega Boys blew up by parodying with their frequently unhinged back-and-forth. —

Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 6 Feb. 2026 After an extended bit featuring host Nikki Glaser parodying Nicole Kidman’s AMC ads, a very loose Snoop Dogg introduced, for some reason, the award for best podcast. —

Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026 The scene came in a fictional segment parodying Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead in which Maggie defends her architectural talents after her daycare teacher punishes her for making beautiful structures from building blocks. —

Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Dec. 2025 The brand announced the drop on Instagram with a campaign video parodying 1970s game shows. —

Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025 Oteri previously appeared in the first Scary Movie in 2000 as Gail Halstorm, a sensationalist television reporter parodying Courteney Cox’s Scream character Gale Weathers. —

Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025

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Verb

When Suzanna, a fledgling psychologist, tells, at Max’s urging, a mocking anecdote about one of her young clients, neither Becky nor the sensitive Andrew get the laugh.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
Talkative characters like the froggish Mallow and even Bowser himself are motor-mouthed and sarcastic, nigglingly mocking Mario for his inability to speak in anything other than nods and pantomimes.

— Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2026