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Satirizing

Satirize \Sat"ir*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Satirized; p. pr. & vb. n. Satirizing.] [Cf. F. satiriser.] To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.
--Swift.

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satirizing

vb. (present participle of satirize English)

Usage examples of "satirizing".

The boy's face was noncommittal and I thought they might be playing games with me, satirizing the outsider's conviction that smalltown life is a surrender to just such tiny deaths, worm-watching and Masonic handshakes.

While I was taking the money from the billfold, she was satirizing sexual love again, pretending that the music was filling her with lust.

Satire Oscar, they're just satirizing the whole genre don't you think?