travestied

verb

past tense of travesty
as in parodied
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of this comedy sketch mindlessly travesties the hard work of relief workers around the world

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  1. parodied
  2. imitated
  3. mocked
Verb
  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Golf's media establishment mocked defectors as sellouts and eagerly counted down the days until LIV's collapse.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
  • In the early 1930s, the Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times correspondent Walter Duranty wrote stories denying the famine that Joseph Stalin’s forced-collectivization policies were causing in Ukraine and mocked journalists who reported the truth.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026
Definition of mocked
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“Travestied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/travestied. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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