caricature
Meaning of caricature
- a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.
a crude caricature of the Prime Minister
there are elements of caricature in the portrayal of the hero
- make or give a caricature of.
he was famous enough to be caricatured by Private Eye
mid 18th century: from French, from Italian caricatura, from caricare ‘load, exaggerate’, from Latin carricare (see charge).
Information about caricature
- The plural form of caricature is: caricatures.
- Languages in which caricature is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of caricature
car-i-ca-ture
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- caricature is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
caricature synonyms
Meaning imitation:
Meaning ape:
Meaning a simple drawing showing the features of its subjects in a humorously exaggerated way, especially a satirical one in a newspaper or magazine:
Meaning the action of distorting or the state of being distorted:
Meaning an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect:
Meaning the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues:
Meaning a speech or text lampooning someone or something:
Meaning an absurd or comically exaggerated imitation of something, especially in a literary or dramatic work; a parody:
Meaning the action or skill of imitating someone or something, especially in order to entertain or ridicule:
Meaning a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something:
Meaning a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations:
Meaning a short comedy sketch or piece of humorous writing, especially a parody:
Meaning a small firework that burns with a hissing sound before exploding:
Meaning a humorous imitation of something, typically a film or a particular genre of film, in which its characteristic features are exaggerated for comic effect:
Meaning a satire or lampoon, originally one displayed or delivered in a public place:
Meaning deride and criticize by means of satire:
Meaning imitate (someone or their actions or words), especially in order to entertain or ridicule:
Meaning subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour:
Meaning mimic (someone or something) scornfully or contemptuously:
Meaning pull or twist out of shape:
Meaning represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is:
Translation of caricature
- Italian: vignetta, caricatura
- German: Karikatur
- Spanish: viñeta, caricatura
- French: caricature
- Portuguese: vinheta, caricatura
Words that rhyme with caricature
Nature, Provature, Quadrature, abature, abbreviature, acciaccature, acclimature, accordature, adjudicature, alcoholature, antecurvature, antestature, antinature, appoggiature, arcature, armature, binomenclature, breviature, calliature, candidature, celature, claviature, clericature, climature, cofeature, colature, colorature, connature, contemperature, contemplature, corporature, countersignature, creature, crenature, crispature, cubature, curvature, declinature, decurvature, dedicature, defeature, delineature, demarcature, denature, dictature, disarmature, disfeature, disnature, distemperature, duplicature