Thesaurus / travesty
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It’s a travesty that 710 Indigenous girls and women have disappeared between 2011 and 2020 and also suffered the fate of anonymity.
GABBY’S CASE REMINDS ME OF THE SCARIEST HIKE I EVER TOOKALAINA DEMOPOULOSSEPTEMBER 23, 2021THE DAILY BEASTBy choosing to fight on two fronts—one of them an ill-conceived travesty—we set ourselves up for failure on both.
20 YEARS AFTER 9/11, THE WEST CAN STILL SALVAGE ITS STANDING IN THE WORLDALI SOUFANSEPTEMBER 11, 2021TIMEI love my students and respect my colleagues, and have been part of the community’s efforts, still incomplete, to make reparations for that travesty.
NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES JUST PROVED THE CORRECTNESS OF CRITICAL RACE THEORYPAUL BUTLERJULY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThat this dynamic landscape could at once be so powerful and so fragile left me wondering what other natural travesties might occur if we fail to slow our planet’s warming.
KAYAKING WITH GIANTS IN KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARKEMILY PENNINGTONMAY 13, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEAt the series’ end, Peck asks if it’s knowledge that we lack — if ignorance is what accounts for the travesties of history.
IT’S ASTOUNDING THAT HBO’S NEW DOCUSERIES EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES EVEN EXISTSALISSA WILKINSONAPRIL 9, 2021VOXIf you want to find the likely culprit of this travesty, look no further than the minerals in the water you’re using.
THE ONE INGREDIENT YOU NEED TO CLEAN THE DISHWASHER AND FOUR OTHER GROSS HOUSEHOLD ITEMSSANDRA GUTIERREZ G.NOVEMBER 5, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThe sailor, after the manner so often dwelt upon, is keeping up a pleasing travesty of sea-faring life.
THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD AND ITS TRIBUTARIESCHARLES G. HARPERMy travesty of Plato was intended to illustrate the difficulty of close reasoning on such topics.
THE INHUMANITY OF SOCIALISMEDWARD F. ADAMSThough the proceedings had been a travesty of justice, they had been invested hitherto with a scenic stateliness.
SIR WALTER RALEGHWILLIAM STEBBINGShe may, indeed, have been a mere travesty, though the hypothesis would be anything but free from difficulty.
THE SCIENCE OF FAIRY TALESEDWIN SIDNEY HARTLANDWORDS RELATED TO TRAVESTY
- 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
- banter
- caricature
- cartoon
- chaff
- deride
- expose
- fleer
- gibe
- haze
- humiliate
- jape
- jeer
- jest
- jive
- jolly
- josh
- kid
- lampoon
- laugh at
- make a fool of
- make a game of
- make a laughingstock
- make fun of
- mimic
- mock
- needle
- pan
- parody
- poke fun at
- pooh-pooh
- pull one's leg
- put down
- quiz
- rag
- rail at
- rally
- razz
- rib
- ride
- roast
- run down
- satirize
- scoff
- scorn
- scout
- send up
- show up
- sneer
- take off
- taunt
- travesty
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