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
  • And didn’t Hal’s hunch help expose an alien that not only looked exactly like a human male, but also passed an X-ray without sending up any red flags?
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of sending up
Verb
  • Mel Gibson apologized Monday after video surfaced showing the actor mocking a sign language interpreter.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Mel Gibson has issued something like an apology after mocking an American Sign Language interpreter.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of mocking
Verb
  • Although Craven’s touch is missing, Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett honor his memory by mimicking his style while engraving their own slick mark.
    — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The 600-soldier 173rd Airborne Brigade, built to deploy wherever drones were needed, had been mimicking Ukrainian tactics and rapidly building its own systems to counter Russia and Iran-style threats.
    — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of mimicking
Verb
  • One year later, Clooney, 65, is back at the Venice Film Festival for a spin in the spotlight on the opening night for a bit of life imitating art.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Slop is formulaic and impersonal, the aggregate of everything that is already imitating everything else.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of imitating
Verb
  • Its selectable impact angle and software designed to resist GPS spoofing are intended to provide greater flexibility against personnel and other targets in the vicinity of the engagement point.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 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
  • Over two months, the protesters and their supporters – most who appeared to be digitally-savvy GenZ – used Instagram and Snapchat to connect, organize, and share countless reels parodying the government.
    — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The Onion, meanwhile, has set up its own Infowars webpage on its website, running videos of shows parodying Jones.
    — Jim Vertuno, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of parodying
Verb
  • Social media in South Korea have been filled with messages stoking fears about safety on Jeju, with some spreading groundless rumors and deriding the island.
    — Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In response, the players went on strike, deriding the proposal as anti-labor.
    — Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 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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