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Synonyms for satire
ˈsæt aɪərsatire
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
satire
Banter is the touching upon some fault, weakness, or fancied secret of another in a way half to pique and half to please; badinage is delicate, refined banter. Raillery has more sharpness, but is usually good-humored and well meant. Irony, the saying one thing that the reverse may be understood, may be either mild or bitter. All the other words have a hostile intent. Ridicule makes a person or thing the subject of contemptuous merriment; derision seeks to make the object derided seem utterly despicable — to laugh it to scorn. Chaff is the coarse witticism of the streets, perhaps merry, oftener malicious; jeering is loud, rude ridicule, as of a hostile crowd or mob. Mockery is more studied, and may include mimicry and personal violence, as well as scornful speech. A satire is a formal composition; a sarcasm may be an impromptu sentence. The satire shows up follies to keep people from them; the sarcasm hits them because they are foolish, without inquiring whether it will do good or harm; the satire is plainly uttered; the sarcasm is covert.
Synonyms:
badinage, banter, chaff, derision, irony, jeering, mockery, raillery, ridicule, sarcasm
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remarknoun
witty language used to convey insults or scorn
"he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift
Synonyms:
irony, sarcasm, caustic remark
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
satirenoun
Synonyms:
irony, sarcasm, ridicule, lampoon, pasquinade
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#31457 | ridicule | |
#40443 | mockery | |
#44008 | lampoon | |
#47210 | burlesque | |
#53686 | chaff | |
#66496 | derision | |
#89611 | invective | |
#149018 | jeering | |
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How to use satire in a sentence?
Satire has a very important place. It's meant to be provocative. It's meant to start discussions. You offend very often … it's hard to figure out where exactly the line is, and people have different ideas of where that line is, i think we need to be careful and understand what the role of satire is.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne:
You should never assume contempt for that which it is not very manifest that you have it in your power to possess, nor does a wit ever make a more contemptible figure than when, in attempting satire, he shows that he does not understand that which he would make the subject of his ridicule.
You can do funny to be a distraction and you can do funny to effect people and this is the difference, What I miss in the show is the political satire as an effective weapon against the brainwashing and the empty propaganda. And I think it's very important… to enable the media and force the authority to be more responsible for the people.
When a society can not tolerate satire, it's a society that has lost its constitutional values.
The reason I’m doing it is because with my history at ‘SNL’ and my books, i’ve always tried to make a difference satirically. Because I believe comedy and satire is a very valid way — and sometimes almost a more productive way — of affecting public opinion.
Translations for satire
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- satireAfrikaans
- الأسلوب الساخر, الساخرArabic
- satiraAzerbaijani
- сатыраBelarusian
- satiraCzech
- satireDanish
- SatireGerman
- σάτιραGreek
- sátiraSpanish
- satiiriFinnish
- satireFrench
- aoirScottish Gaelic
- व्यंगHindi
- satirHaitian Creole
- szatíraHungarian
- երգիծանքArmenian
- satiraItalian
- 風刺Japanese
- სატირაGeorgian
- satireNorwegian
- сатирæOssetian, Ossetic
- satyraPolish
- sátiraPortuguese
- satirăRomanian
- сатираRussian
- satirëAlbanian
- satirSwedish
- நையாண்டிTamil
- yergiTurkish
- сатираUkrainian
- طنزUrdu
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