travesties 1 of 2

plural of travesty
1
as in parodies
a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something rigged from the start, his trial was a travesty of justice

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2
as in spoofs
a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect the big-screen version of the classic sitcom is actually a good-natured travesty of the TV series

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travesties

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verb

present tense third-person singular of travesty

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Recent Examples of travesties
Noun
By the season’s end, in fact, more than a few travesties are laid at Peter’s feet. — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for travesties
Noun
  • So much of this show has been about deconstructing WandaVision and weighing its fallout that a big final-act reversion to WandaVision’s TV parodies seems natural and fitting.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The sketch show, which started on the radio, poked fun at British people from various walks of life via exaggerated parodies, making subjects like Vicky Pollard into household names.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The film draws on 1980s supernatural comedies, including Back to the Future, Ghostbusters and The Addams Family, alongside classic monster movies and horror spoofs.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Blanchett cofounded the nonprofit Human Consent Foundation to help people register how AI models can — or cannot — scrape their likenesses in an effort to combat such spoofs.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Ultron bristles at the client’s obvious power over Jocasta and mocks him as melodramatic and desperate.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Continue reading … PULLING THE STRINGS — Bruce Blakeman mocks Hochul as 'puppet' of socialist Mamdani.
    — , FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The other three actors opposite this lead figure thrive on seemingly inexhaustible energy slipping in and out of dozens of lightning-fast quirky caricatures.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2026
  • As is the case with most election cycles, the claims and counterclaims about the ballot measures being voted on in California this time around are largely based on caricatures of the measures themselves.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • After a long chase Rama is able to kill the deer with his arrow, but, before dying, Maricha imitates Rama’s voice and cries out for Sita and Lakshmana.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Constantin Brâncuși’s marble-and-limestone sculpture L’oiseau (1923/1947), for example, commands the space, while Wolfgang Tillmans’s 2022 photograph tree filling window imitates an open window in a closed space.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Hang on through an opening salvo of political jokes that elapsed time and Tuesday’s election results have rendered stale (Rudy Giuliani, anybody?
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Ruiz Caldera wanted Romero in the lead, although the comedian worried that viewers would expect jokes from a screenplay containing almost none.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026

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“Travesties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/travesties. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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