lampoons in English

noun

1

a speech or text criticizing someone or something in this way.

does this sound like a lampoon of student life?

synonyms: satire, burlesque, parody, skit, caricature, impersonation, travesty, mockery, send-up, takeoff, spoof

verb

1

publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm.

the senator made himself famous as a pinch-penny watchdog of public spending, lampooning dubious federal projects

synonyms: satirize, mock, ridicule, make fun of, caricature, burlesque, parody, tease, roast, send up

noun

• satire, burlesque, parody, skit, caricature, impersonation, travesty, mockery, send-up, takeoff, spoof
• sendup, parody, charade, burlesque, pasquinade, put-on, travesty, takeoff, mockery, spoof

verb

• satirize, mock, ridicule, make fun of, caricature, burlesque, parody, tease, roast, send up
• satirize, satirise

Use "lampoons" in a sentence

1. The magazine is famed for its merciless political lampoons.

2. 4 The magazine is famed for its merciless political lampoons.

3. Such lampoons of royalty were previously found only in the foreign press.

4. Keith describes him as 'an excellent good man,' and in the scurrilous lampoons on the bishops by the Antiprelatic party …

5. Brilliantly acted with a good plot, Analyze This is a unique comedy that is very funny and Robert De Niro lampoons perfectly his previous

6. A "Caucasians" t-shirt that lampoons the racist "Chief Wahoo" logo Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians have been using since 1947 is flying off the shelves at Shelf Life Clothing.