Caricature
['kærɪkətjʊə;'kærɪkətʃɔː] or ['kærɪkətʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect.
(verb.) represent in or produce a caricature of; 'The drawing caricatured the President'.
Typed by Allan--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.
(v. t.) A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody.
(v. t.) To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.
Typist: Vern
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Travesty, parody, farce, burlesque, ludicrous representation.
v. a. Burlesque, travesty, parody.
Typed by Josephine
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Mimicry, parody, travesty, burlesque, extravagance, exaggeration, hyperbole,monstrosity, farce
ANT:Portraiture, representation, resemblance, justice, fidelity, truthfulness
Checker: Mara
Definition
n. a likeness of anything so exaggerated or distorted as to appear ridiculous.—v.t. to turn into ridicule by overdoing a likeness: to burlesque. Formerly spelt Caricatū′ra.—n. Caricatur′ist one who caricatures.
Typist: Nicholas
Examples
- But it is a caricature of democracy to make it also the law of individual initiative. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- However, a fine thing must not be deplored because it is open to vicious caricature. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Jean-Jacques is in fact a supreme case--perhaps even a slight caricature--of the way in which formal creeds bolster up passionate wants. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was like some strange caricature of the dapper James Wilder whom we had seen the night before. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- President Butler is, I grant, a caricature of the typical professor. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- When he was gone, Mrs. Becky made a caricature of his figure, which she showed to Lord Steyne when he arrived. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But Mrs. John Dashwood was a strong caricature of himself;more narrow-minded and selfish. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Miss Sharp's accounts of his employment at Queen's Crawley were not caricatures. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Five or six had already hatched and the grotesque caricatures which sat blinking in the sunlight were enough to cause me to doubt my sanity. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The modern world deals with the drama of little things, and the individual idiosyncrasy is caricatured instead of the national policy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I have no taste for bread and butter, she would say, when caricaturing Lady Jane and her ways to my Lord Steyne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Perry