| NOUN | communication | mockery, jeer, jeering, scoff, scoffing | showing your contempt / contempt by derision |
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| communication | mockery, parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, send-up, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, pasquinade, put-on | a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | |
| act | mockery, parody, takeoff | humorous or satirical mimicry |
| Sounds | maa'keriy | |
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| Rhymes | accessory ... worry: 201 rhymes with eriy... | |
| Meaning | showing your contempt / contempt by derision. | |
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| Synonyms | jeer, jeering, scoff, scoffing | |
| Broader | derision | contemptuous laughter |
| Spanish | befa, burla, burlería, mofa, rechifla | |
| Catalan | burla, escarniment, escarni, escarn | |
| Verbs | mock | treat with contempt |
| Meaning | A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way. | |
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| Synonyms | parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, send-up, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, pasquinade, put-on | |
| Broader | caricature, imitation, impersonation | A representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect |
| Spanish | burla, farsa, parodia, pasquín, ridiculización, sátira | |
| Catalan | burla, paròdia | |
| Meaning | humorous or satirical mimicry. | |
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| Synonyms | parody, takeoff | |
| Broader | apery, mimicry | The act of mimicking |
| Spanish | burla, imitación, parodia | |
| Catalan | paròdia | |
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