satire.html - n.
1 the use of ridicule, irony, sarcasm, etc., to expose folly or vice or to lampoon an individual.
2 a work or composition in prose or verse using satire.
3 this branch of literature.
4 a thing that brings ridicule upon something else.
5 Rom. Antiq. a poetic medley, esp. a poem ridiculing prevalent vices or follies. [F satire or L satira later form of satura medley]

satire.html - n.
1 the use of ridicule, irony, sarcasm, etc., to expose folly or vice or to lampoon an individual.
2 a work or composition in prose or verse using satire.
3 this branch of literature.
4 a thing that brings ridicule upon something else.
5 Rom. Antiq. a poetic medley, esp. a poem ridiculing prevalent vices or follies. [F satire or L satira later form of satura medley]

satire.html - adj.
1 of satire or satires.
2 containing satire (wrote a satiric review).
3 writing satire (a satiric poet). [F satirique or LL satiricus (as SATIRE)]

satire.html - adj.
1 = SATIRIC.
2 given to the use of satire in speech or writing or to cynical observation of others; sarcastic; humorously critical.

satirically adv.

satire.html - n.
1 a writer of satires.
2 a satirical person.

satire.html - v.tr.
(also -ise)
1 assail or ridicule with satire.
2 write a satire upon.
3 describe satirically.

satirization n. [F satiriser (as SATIRE)]