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travesty::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | farce, farce comedy |
| Type of | comedy |
travesty::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | burlesque, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff |
| Type of | imitation, caricature, impersonation |
Examples of travesty
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The failure of Congress to pass immigration reform has been a national travesty.
From the cnn.com
They tiptoe the tightrope of campy nostalgia but never quite slip into travesty.
From the kentucky.com
It may have been an economic necessity, but it felt like a travesty nonetheless.
From the heraldtribune.com
If this rainforest disappears, it will be a blot to civilization and a travesty.
From the stltoday.com
Then it's all about service and the US airlines are a travesty of human dignity.
From the economist.com
It's a travesty and will do nothing but cause a decline in our education system.
From the guardian.co.uk
It'll be a travesty if Roger Deakins doesn't finally get an Oscar for True Grit.
From the guardian.co.uk
Is a wafer-based Twix a welcome change, or too much of a travesty to comprehend?
From the guardian.co.uk
But when he loses well it suddenly becomes a travesty of monumental proportions.
From the swampland.time.com
- Farce: a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
- Make a travesty of
- Parody: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- A travesty is an absurd or grotesque misrepresentation, a parody, or grossly inferior imitation.
- An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation; A parody or stylistic imitation; A grossly inferior imitation; To make a travesty of; to parody
- A work that treats a serious subject frivolously-- ridiculing the dignified. Often the tone is mock serious and heavy handed.
- (Latin trans + vestis, "switched clothing"): Debasement of a serious subject or serious literary work either accidentally or through intentional satire--especially through treating a dignified topic in a silly or inappropriate manner. ...
- A work that deflates something that is treated by another work with high seriousness.
- Means to ridicule by imitation, not tragedy which means a disastrous event. [So, the sinking of the ship was not a travesty.]
