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noun

plural of lampoon
as in satires
a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general this classic musical is a lampoon of the movie business at the time when sound was introduced

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verb

present tense third-person singular of lampoon
as in satirizes

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Recent Examples of lampoons
Noun
Written in 2019, the book also feels prescient about the fast fashion landscape that Riley’s film lampoons. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026 From Sinners to Scream to Smile and beyond, to uproarious lampoons of non-genre titles like Michael and Wicked, here are the victims of the latest Scary Movie. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lampoons
  1. satires
  2. parodies
  3. spoofs
  4. ridicules
  5. mocks
  6. derides
  7. imitates
  8. mimics
Noun
  • By 1775, at age 47, as the first shots rang out at Lexington and Concord, her anonymous satires and plays were already shaping public opinion in support of independence.
    — Robin Follman, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
  • His ten other, wildly disparate books include two satires of media and marketing and an elegiac zombie novel set in Manhattan.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of satires
Verb
  • In another nod to Scream, Cheri Oteri parodies Courteney Cox’s Gale Weathers as the comically unethical news anchor Gail Hailstorm.
    — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 27 June 2026
  • Ben Hania’s film before that, 2020’s Oscar-nominated The Man Who Sold His Skin, parodies the art world’s fetishization of refugees.
    — Alexander Durie, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
Definition of parodies
Noun
  • The goofy sketch comedies and homemade spoofs that once filled his channel gradually disappeared, replaced by melancholy short films and bleak monologues.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • But given the current box office sensations of Obsession and Backrooms, Tiddes certainly wishes the timing had allowed for spoofs of those horror movies.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
Definition of spoofs
Verb
  • Though Claudius ridicules Hamlet for his emotional vulnerability, his grief drives him to avenge his father and emerge as a hero.
    — Jeanette Tran, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Back in their teenage years, Lexi’s older sister Andrea is depicted as a mean girl who ridicules Catherine mercilessly.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2026
Definition of ridicules
Verb
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers insulted their Catholic paying customers by honoring a drag group that parades around as nuns and mocks their religion.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • One of the moments in the musical that caused the most laughter and claps from the audience was the final song, which mocks the idea of using violence as a form of protest rather than joining a movement or focusing on policy.
    — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026
Definition of mocks
Verb
  • The move comes days after Havana unveiled its boldest economic liberalization in decades, which Washington derides as superficial.
    — Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
  • Her husband manipulates her, her best friend hates her, her sister derides her; her entire existence is thin and precarious.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
Definition of derides
Verb
  • The undulating roofline imitates the Allegheny Mountains, and 38 steel columns create a canopy reminiscent of the region's forests, Prix Versailles says.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • My mother imitates me, then converts the word into a pair of Korean syllables that sound most like the German.
    — Esther Yi, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
Definition of imitates
Verb
  • That skill mimics mortality, Lee said, with the Chinese firm calling it another step toward fully autonomous machines capable of working 24/7.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • Outraged critics say swapping AIPAC for Jews mimics the world's oldest antisemitic conspiracy theories, putting a terrifying target on Jewish backs.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of mimics

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