Satirical
[sə'tɪrɪk(ə)l] or [sə'tɪrɪkl]
Definition
(adj.) exposing human folly to ridicule; 'a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a satiric style.
(a.) Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Sarcastic, severe, taunting, censorious, cutting, biting, sharp, keen, poignant, invective, mordacious.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cutting, poignant_sarcastic, bitter, ironical, invective
ANT:Complimentary, flattering, laudatory, panegyric, eulogistic
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Examples
- He has a very satirical eye, and if I do not begin by being impertinent myself, I shall soon grow afraid of him. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Papa, you are satirical, you are méchant! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She turned with an air of satirical defiance to little Jacob, and began to question him directly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I am not clear, Mr Boffin, but that the hive may be satirical. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Thomasin murmured to herself, in a tone which was intended to be satirical. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She was not coldly clever and indirectly satirical, but adorably simple and full of feeling. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In fact, he scarcely ever spoke at all; and when he did he attempted to be satirical; but his were the very worst attempts I ever heard. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Lydgate had often been satirical on this gratuitous prediction, and he meant now to be guarded. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He shut up the drawer at once, folded his arms over his breast, and listened to me with a smile of satirical attention. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In spite of the satirical tone of this passage much of it may be accept ed as the unwilling tribute of a hostile critic. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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