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    SATIRISE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they satirise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it satirises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: satirised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: satirised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: satirising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Ridicule with satireplay

    Example:

    The writer satirized the politician's proposal

    Synonyms:

    lampoon; satirise; satirize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    Hypernyms (to "satirise" is one way to...):

    blackguard; guy; jest at; laugh at; make fun; poke fun; rib; ridicule; roast (subject to laughter or ridicule)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    satire (witty language used to convey insults or scorn)

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