pasquinading

verb

present participle of pasquinade
as in sending up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasquinading
  1. sending up
  2. mocking
  3. mimicking
  4. imitating
  5. spoofing
  6. parodying
  7. deriding
  8. caricaturing
Verb
  • The rocket’s upper stage will unintentionally slam into the moon on Wednesday, carving out a crater and sending up a plume of dust and rubble that scientists — and skygazers — are eager to observe.
    — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Video shared through ViralHog captured the dramatic calving event as enormous chunks of ice plunged into the fjord, sending up a towering spray before a powerful wave begins racing toward the boat.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Definition of sending up
Verb
  • He was criticized for outing LGBTQ+ stars who hadn’t revealed their sexuality publicly, and for bullying others by mocking their misfortune.
    — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026
  • British publications have fewer qualms, generally, about mocking the dead.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of mocking
Verb
  • Anyone wanting the traditional wipe experience will need to use the Kord Breach system, as everyone will have to start a new character and start from scratch, almost mimicking the old wipes from the beta.
    — Mike Stubbs, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Soon after, cheering and clapping filled the auditorium before the man mimicking the president stood up, holding a sign for TrumpAccounts.
    — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of mimicking
Verb
  • Later in the game, Cleveland’s José Ramírez was seen in the dugout apparently imitating Yan’s airborne style of rejoicing.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • When her mother brought home a Boswell Sisters record, a young Ella Fitzgerald spent hours imitating the group’s front woman, Connee Boswell, in an effort to learn to sing.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of imitating
Verb
  • Its proprietary signal incorporates a dynamic cryptographic watermark intended to protect users against spoofing.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
  • CyberGuy has also explained how scammers impersonate water and other utility companies by spoofing familiar phone numbers.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of spoofing
Verb
  • Grande said, parodying one of his lines from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of parodying
Verb
  • Polling suggests deriding Democrats as socialists also won't be effective come the November election.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
  • After years of deriding Mexican inaction on security, the United States appears to have found a willing partner.
    — Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
Definition of deriding
Verb
  • 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
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“Pasquinading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasquinading. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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