Thesaurus / lampoon
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The idea was for Bennifer to perform a cheeky lampoon of their own personas — but the parody didn’t land.
THE JENNIFER LOPEZ-BEN AFFLECK RECOUPLING IS THE GREATEST GOSSIP STORY WE’VE HAD IN YEARSCONSTANCE GRADYAUGUST 24, 2021VOXI called Liszt's article a criticism, but "lampoon" or "libel" would have been a more appropriate designation.
FREDERICK CHOPIN AS A MAN AND MUSICIANFREDERICK NIECKSLampoon itself would disdain to speak ill of him of whom no man speaks well.
OBITER DICTAAUGUSTINE BIRRELLIn a few weeks that amusing lampoon on the scholars and commentators of the time had run through four editions.
THE ANGLO-FRENCH ENTENTE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURYCHARLES BASTIDEI dined with Mr. Addison, and Jervas the painter, at Addison's country place; and then came home, and writ more to my lampoon.
THE JOURNAL TO STELLAJONATHAN SWIFTI have almost finished my lampoon, and will print it for revenge on a certain great person.
THE JOURNAL TO STELLAJONATHAN SWIFTA mug or a jug with an inscription may tell a story of popular party feeling as pointedly as a broadsheet or a political lampoon.
CHATS ON OLD EARTHENWAREARTHUR HAYDENSquib, skwib, n. a paper tube filled with combustibles, thrown up into the air burning and bursting: a petty lampoon.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 4 OF 4: S-Z AND SUPPLEMENTS)VARIOUSIn the next year, 424, Aristophanes produced the Knights, the most violent political lampoon in literature.
AUTHORS OF GREECET. W. LUMBAs a rule, however, the lampoon possessed no poetical graces, and in its very nature was usually anonymous.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 16, SLICE 2VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO LAMPOON
- affront
- belittle
- burlesque
- caricature
- crack
- curl one's lip
- decry
- deride
- detract
- disdain
- disparage
- dump
- fleer
- flout
- gibe
- gird
- give Bronx cheer
- grin
- hold in contempt
- hold up to ridicule
- insult
- jeer
- jest
- lampoon
- laugh at
- leer
- look down on
- put down
- quip at
- rally
- rank out
- ridicule
- satirize
- scoff
- scorn
- slam
- slight
- smile
- sneeze at
- snicker
- sniff at
- swipe
- taunt
- travesty
- turn up one's nose
- twit
- underrate
- affronted
- belittled
- burlesqued
- caricatured
- cracked
- curled one's lip
- decried
- derided
- detracted
- disdained
- disparaged
- dumped
- fleered
- flouted
- gave Bronx cheer
- gibed
- girded
- grinned
- held in contempt
- held up to ridicule
- insulted
- jeered
- jested
- lampooned
- laughed at
- leered
- looked down on
- put down
- quipped at
- rallied
- ranked out
- ridiculed
- satirized
- scoffed
- scorned
- slammed
- slighted
- smiled
- sneezed at
- snickered
- sniff at
- swiped
- taunted
- travestied
- turned up one's nose
- twitted
- underrated
- affronting
- belittling
- burlesquing
- caricaturing
- cracking
- curling one's lip
- decrying
- deriding
- detracting
- disdaining
- disparaging
- dumping
- fleering
- flouting
- gibing
- girding
- giving Bronx cheer
- grinning
- holding in contempt
- holding up to ridicule
- insulting
- jeering
- jesting
- lampooning
- laughing at
- leering
- looking down on
- putting down
- quipping at
- rallying
- ranking out
- ridiculing
- satirizing
- scoffing
- scorning
- slamming
- slighting
- smiling
- sneezing at
- snickering
- sniff at
- swiping
- taunting
- travestying
- turning up one's nose
- twitting
- underrating
- affronts
- belittles
- burlesques
- caricatures
- cracks
- curls one's lip
- decries
- derides
- detracts
- disdains
- disparages
- dumps
- fleers
- flouts
- gibes
- girds
- gives Bronx cheer
- grins
- holds in contempt
- holds up to ridicule
- insults
- jeers
- jests
- lampoons
- laughs at
- leers
- looks down on
- puts down
- quips at
- rallies
- ranks out
- ridicules
- satirizes
- scoffs
- scorns
- slams
- slights
- smiles
- sneezes at
- snickers
- sniff at
- swipes
- taunts
- travesties
- turns up one's nose
- twits
- underrates
- ascends
- bears
- beats it
- becomes airborne
- begones
- blasts off
- blows
- clear out
- decamps
- departs
- disappears
- exits
- gets off
- gets out
- goes
- goes away
- heads
- hightails
- hits the road
- hits the trail
- lifts off
- lights out
- makes
- pulls out
- quits
- scrams
- sets out
- shoves off
- soars
- splits
- takes to the air
- vamooses
- withdraws
- ascended
- beat it
- became airborne
- begoned
- blasted off
- blew
- bore
- clear out
- decamped
- departed
- disappeared
- exited
- got off
- got out
- headed
- hightailed
- hit the road
- hit the trail
- lifted off
- lit out
- made
- pulled out
- quit
- scrammed
- set out
- shoved off
- soared
- split
- took to the air
- vamoosed
- went
- went away
- withdrew
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