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sat·i·rize

(săt′ə-rīz′)

tr.v. sat·i·rized, sat·i·riz·ing, sat·i·riz·es

To ridicule or attack by means of satire.

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satirize

(ˈsætəˌraɪz) or

satirise

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) to deride (a person or thing) by means of satire

ˌsatiriˈzation, ˌsatiriˈsation n

ˈsatiˌrizer, ˈsatiˌriser n

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sat•i•rize

(ˈsæt əˌraɪz)

v. -rized, -riz•ing. v.t.

1. to attack or ridicule with satire.

v.i.

2. to write satires; attack with satire.

[1595–1605]

sat′i•riz`a•ble, adj.

sat`i•ri•za′tion, n.

sat′i•riz`er, n.

satirize

Past participle: satirized
Gerund: satirizing

Imperative
satirize
satirize

Present
I satirize
you satirize
he/she/it satirizes
we satirize
you satirize
they satirize

Preterite
I satirized
you satirized
he/she/it satirized
we satirized
you satirized
they satirized

Present Continuous
I am satirizing
you are satirizing
he/she/it is satirizing
we are satirizing
you are satirizing
they are satirizing

Present Perfect
I have satirized
you have satirized
he/she/it has satirized
we have satirized
you have satirized
they have satirized

Past Continuous
I was satirizing
you were satirizing
he/she/it was satirizing
we were satirizing
you were satirizing
they were satirizing

Past Perfect
I had satirized
you had satirized
he/she/it had satirized
we had satirized
you had satirized
they had satirized

Future
I will satirize
you will satirize
he/she/it will satirize
we will satirize
you will satirize
they will satirize

Future Perfect
I will have satirized
you will have satirized
he/she/it will have satirized
we will have satirized
you will have satirized
they will have satirized

Future Continuous
I will be satirizing
you will be satirizing
he/she/it will be satirizing
we will be satirizing
you will be satirizing
they will be satirizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been satirizing
you have been satirizing
he/she/it has been satirizing
we have been satirizing
you have been satirizing
they have been satirizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been satirizing
you will have been satirizing
he/she/it will have been satirizing
we will have been satirizing
you will have been satirizing
they will have been satirizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been satirizing
you had been satirizing
he/she/it had been satirizing
we had been satirizing
you had been satirizing
they had been satirizing

Conditional
I would satirize
you would satirize
he/she/it would satirize
we would satirize
you would satirize
they would satirize

Past Conditional
I would have satirized
you would have satirized
he/she/it would have satirized
we would have satirized
you would have satirized
they would have satirized

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Verb

satirize - ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal"

lampoon, satirise

blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, roast, rib - subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

satirize

verb ridicule, parody, send up (Brit. informal), take off (informal), criticize, deride, travesty, pillory, lampoon, burlesque, diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), hold up to ridicule The newspaper satirized our political leaders.

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Translations

zesměšnit satirou

lave en satire over

snúa upp í háî

canzonare satireggiare

satirizovať

hicvetmek

satirize

[ˈsætəraɪz] VT → satirizar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

satirize

[ˈsætɪraɪz] vt → faire la satire de, satiriser

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

satirize

vt → satirisch darstellen or (written also) → beschreiben; his novel satirizes or in his novel he satirizes contemporary American life → sein Roman ist eine Satire auf die zeitgenössische amerikanische Lebensart

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

satirize

[ˈsætəˌraɪz] vt → satireggiare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

satire

(ˈsӕtaiə) noun

(a piece of) writing etc that makes someone look foolish. a satire on university life.

saˈtirical (-ˈti-) adjective

1. of satire. satirical writing.

2. mocking. in a satirical mood.

ˈsatirist (-ˈti-) noun

a person who writes or performs satire(s).

ˈsatirize, ˈsatirise (-ti-) verb

to make look foolish by using satire.

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Since this is a presidential election year, they will have an abundance of candidates to satirize, ensuring an evening of delicious fun.

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They are characterized as belonging to the familiar type, but if it were the intention of the obscure men to satirize the scholastic style, one could ask oneself whether this use of spontaneity, quasi-naturalness, and the ex improviso character is made up for a higher ideal only (the ironical and satirical situation is mentioned several times, but real conclusions are lacking).

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Second City's Alexander said the limitations of an all-white cast became obvious to him in the wake of the 1992 Los Angeles riots when performers struggled to effectively satirize the racially charged events.

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For Arcand, always considered one of Canada's most intelligent directors, to use his formidable skills to satirize the fashion industry is rather like taking a howitzer to blast a butterfly.

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Dunsany, however, employed this background to satirize human behavior with a disarmingly simple, seemingly unconscious, wit.