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satirical
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, from Late Latin satiricus , from Latin satira "satire, poetic medley" (see satire (n.)) + -al (1). Related: Satirically .
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Word definitions in WordNet
adj. exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine" [syn: satiric ]
Usage examples of satirical.
This explains why, for the most part, the deist pamphlets of the time were written either in satirical vein or in an aggressive tone of ridicule.
Father did not even look up from his paper and Edi had only a satirical remark for sympathy.
The sand-diviner of the red bazaar, slipping like a reptile under the waving arms and between the furious bodies of the beggars, stood up before her with a smile on his wounded face, stretched out to her his emaciated hands with a fawning, yet half satirical, gesture of desire.
Arguably, the satirical commentary of a noted polemicist should not be treated with the earnest indignation better reserved for the invasion of Poland.
Hanway-Harley, whose conversation the satirical Storri told the San Reve was as the conversation of a magpie.
She was already familiar with his satirical poems and Sherry gave her a thumbnail sketch that whetted her appetite.
He was depicted by the satirical cartoonist Cruikshank as sitting on a fat cushion amidst the splendid chinoiserie of one of his many saloons, holding court while fawning courtiers, all in kimonos, bowed to him.
The deaths of a son and a nephew, with the execution of a great number of respectable, and perhaps innocent friends, who were involved in their fall, may be sufficient, however, to justify the discontent of the Roman people, and to explain the satirical verses affixed to the palace gate, comparing the splendid and bloody reigns of Constantine and Nero.
His thin body looked satirical and Domini felt a strong aversion from him, yet a strong interest in him too.
It has long been the custom at Eton, particularly during Montem, to give Herbert Stockhore the credit of many a satirical whim, which he, poor fellow, could as easily have penned as to have written a Greek ode.
The former was put to death, or rather beaten, by the orders of the Khalif Al-Mahdi, for certain satirical verses which the poet is said to have written, and from the effects of these strokes of a whip he died in A.
What is strong, and true, and pure, and wholesome in the art of the mastersingers he permits to pass through his satirical fires unscathed.
Goodworth put his hands in his pockets, yawned disconsolately, and looked, with a languidly satirical expression in his eyes, to see what his grandson would do next.
I must confess that I could not help feeling rather angry with Mrs. Jellyby myself, seeing and hearing this neglected girl and knowing how much of bitterly satirical truth there was in what she said.
Excellent drawing is seen in illustrations for books and magazines, in the satirical and comic publications, even in the advertisements and theatrical posters.