lampooning (Meaning)
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lampooning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Lampoon
Synonyms & Antonyms of lampooning
Synonyms:
- personating
- embroidering
- performing
- fleshing (out)
- embellishing
- dissembling
- enhancing
- padding
- putting on
- counterfeiting
- overdrawing
- amplifying
- miming
- magnifying
- elaborating
- faking
- impersonating
- expanding
- exaggerating
- acting
- playing
- playing up
- overstating
- pantomiming
- stretching
- enlarging (on or upon)
lampooning Sentence Examples
- The comedian's lampooning of the politician's hairstyle had the audience in stitches.
- The movie was a lampooning of the superhero genre, poking fun at its conventions and clichés.
- The cartoonist's lampooning of the president's policies was both clever and biting.
- The play was a lampooning of the upper class, satirizing their manners and customs.
- The song was a lampooning of pop music, making fun of its repetitive lyrics and catchy melodies.
- The TV show was a lampooning of reality television, exposing its artifice and manufactured drama.
- The novel was a lampooning of the publishing industry, poking fun at its vanity presses and self-important authors.
- The poem was a lampooning of love poetry, satirizing its flowery language and sentimental clichés.
- The artwork was a lampooning of the art world, making fun of its pretentiousness and commercialism.
- The performance was a lampooning of modern dance, poking fun at its abstract movements and self-seriousness.
FAQs About the word lampooning
of Lampoon
deriding, ridiculing, caricaturing,satirizing, mimicking, imitating, mocking, burlesquing, spoofing, parodying
No antonyms found.
The comedian's lampooning of the politician's hairstyle had the audience in stitches.
The movie was a lampooning of the superhero genre, poking fun at its conventions and clichés.
The cartoonist's lampooning of the president's policies was both clever and biting.
The play was a lampooning of the upper class, satirizing their manners and customs.