travestying

present participle of travesty

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for travestying
Verb
  • To achieve the characteristic soap-nails effect, the color should be applied in thin layers and have a glossy finish, imitating the transparency and freshness of a wet bar of soap.
    Irene Reyes, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The cartoonist Mort Walker’s The Lexicon of Comicana—which began as an exhibition half a century ago at the Museum of Cartoon Art—offers a textbook case of life imitating art.
    Cullen Murphy, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Katie Couric is parodying Sydney Sweeney’s controversial American Eagle jeans ad for a good cause.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • What To Know The Democratic governor of California has recently taken on a new strategy to oppose Trump—parodying the president's brash social media style to mock him.
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Authoritarians historically come for the comics first, and most recently under Putin, satirist Idrak Mirzalizade was jailed and deported for mocking Russian housing.
    Lizz Winstead, Time, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Brian stumbles back to his father’s tent, where an angry Simon takes his frustration over Uncle Mac’s mocking out on his son.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nearly half of Gen X plan to continue working in retirement, or are already doing so, generally out of necessity.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • These efforts give visitors new awareness of the homegrown organizations doing vital nonprofit work across Puerto Rico, as well as a way to support meaningful work happening on the island.
    Cat Sposato, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The operation had the capability of sending up to 30 million text messages a minute, McCool said.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The movie hits a timely note as Pynchon is famous for sending up nefarious quasi-government organisations in his novels and director Paul Thomas Anderson continues that theme on screen.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Travestying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/travestying. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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