parody
[noun]
Synonyms:
- takeoff (informal), burlesque, caricature, satire, send-up (Brit. informal), skit, spoof (informal)
[verb]
Synonyms:
- take off (informal), burlesque, caricature, do a takeoff of (informal), satirize, send up (Brit. informal)

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Related Words: spoof, spoofery, rib, ridicule

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. par‧o‧dy¹ /ˈpærədi/ noun (plural parodies)
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: parodia, from Greek, from para- ( ⇒ para-) + aidein 'to sing']

1. [uncountable and countable] a piece of writing, music etc or an action that copies someone or something in an amusing way
parody of
a brilliant parody of classical dance
in a parody of something
He swung the door wide open in a parody of welcome.
Her performance contains a strong element of self-parody (=when someone makes fun of their own style).

2. [countable] something that is not a correct or acceptable example of something
parody of
Although his comment was a parody of the truth, Diana was upset by it.
The trial was a parody of justice (=very unfair).

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. parody² verb (past tense and past participle parodied, present participle parodying, third person singular parodies) [transitive]
to copy someone or something in a way that makes people laugh:
His style has often been parodied.
—parodist noun [countable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

parody
noun
I. writing/speech/music
ADJ. brilliant, clever | cruel
VERB + PARODY compose, write
PREP. through ~ He attacked her ideas through parody.
~ of She has written a cruel parody of his book.
~ on The show included a parody on current affairs programmes.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

parody
II. bad example
ADJ. grotesque
PREP. in a ~ of He sighed in a parody of deep emotion.
~ of She has become a grotesque parody of her former elegant self.
PHRASES a parody of justice The trial was a parody of justice.

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