satirize

[ sat-uh-rahyz ]

/ ˈsæt əˌraɪz /

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verb (used with object), sat·i·rized, sat·i·riz·ing.

to attack or ridicule with satire.

Also especially British, sat·i·rise.

Origin of satirize

First recorded in 1595–1605; satire + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM satirize

sat·i·riz·a·ble, adjective sat·i·ri·za·tion, noun sat·i·riz·er, noun non·sat·i·riz·ing, adjective

un·sat·i·riz·a·ble, adjective un·sat·i·rized, adjective

Words nearby satirize

satinwood, satiny, satire, satirical, satirist, satirize, satisfaction, satisfactory, satisfice, satisficing behaviour, satisfied

Example sentences from the Web for satirize

At least they satirize entitlement instead of unwittingly enacting (and celebrating) it.

Zach Braff’s Irritating Sense of Entitlement |Andrew Romano |July 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The genre was always a simple one, easy to satirize and dismiss, though immensely profitable.

Goodbye to My Soap Star Life |Michael E. Knight |September 20, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
That purpose was to satirize the vice, hypocrisy and superstition of the clergy, and more particularly of the begging friars.

Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature |John Addington Symonds
It is not to be taken seriously, and may be employed either to satirize or to amuse.

Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism |F. V. N. Painter

The truth is, the whole country is crying out for those who will record it, satirize it, chant it.

Modern Essays |John Macy
The tiny groves of oak at long intervals seemed only to satirize the monotony.

Ewing\'s Lady |Harry Leon Wilson
There are also many rude pictures from those centuries which aimed to satirize the more active foibles of the sex.

Caricature and Other Comic Art |James Parton.

British Dictionary definitions for satirize

satirize

satirise

/ (ˈsætəˌraɪz) /

verb

to deride (a person or thing) by means of satire

Derived forms of satirize

satirization or satirisation, noun satirizer or satiriser, noun

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satirize

verb (used with object), sat·i·rized, sat·i·riz·ing.

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satirise

verb

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satirize

verb (used with object), sat·i·rized, sat·i·riz·ing.

Origin of satirize

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satirise

verb

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