SATIRIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does satirize mean? 

• SATIRIZE (verb)
  The verb SATIRIZE has 1 sense:

1. ridicule with satire

  Familiarity information: SATIRIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SATIRIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they satirize    ... he / she / it satirizes   
Past simple: satirized   
Past participle: satirized   
-ing form: satirizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ridicule with satire

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

lampoon; satirise; satirize

Context example:

The writer satirized the politician's proposal

Hypernyms (to "satirize" 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)

 Context examples 

The great novelist vibrated between two decanters with the regularity of a pendulum; the famous divine flirted openly with one of the Madame de Staels of the age, who looked daggers at another Corinne, who was amiably satirizing her, after outmaneuvering her in efforts to absorb the profound philosopher, who imbibed tea Johnsonianly and appeared to slumber, the loquacity of the lady rendering speech impossible.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)