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more satirical

ADJECTIVE

mocking

Synonyms

WEAK

abusive bantering biting bitter burlesque caustic censorious chaffing cutting cynical farcical incisive ironical lampooning mordant paradoxical parodying pungent ridiculing sarcastic sardonic spoofing taunting

ADJECTIVE

mocking

Synonyms

STRONGEST

biting caustic incisive mordant sarcastic sardonic satiric

WEAK

abusive bantering bitter burlesque censorious chaffing cutting cynical farcical ironical lampooning paradoxical parodying pungent ridiculing spoofing taunting

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm kind mild nice

Example Sentences

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One of the core truths of satire is that the more absurd things get, the more satirical comedy there will be.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2023

I’d venture to say the details of Christopher’s purported crime, and the community’s reactions, could be elucidated with more satirical dexterity, as could the payoff that upends the town’s suppositions.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2022

Galavant and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend tried a different tack by taking a more satirical approach.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2018

At this moment, he says: "He was turning away from the early naturalist mode and moving into more satirical, moralizing work."

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2014

Elfride intended to hurl these words sarcastically at her invisible enemy, but as she had no more satirical power than a wood-pigeon, they merely fell in a pretty murmur from lips shaped to a pout.

From A Pair of Blue Eyes by Hardy, Thomas