satirizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of satirize
as in lampoons

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for satirizes
  1. parodies
  2. ridicules
  3. mocks
  4. imitates
  5. derides
  6. spoofs
  7. mimics
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
  • 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 actor is teaming up with the retailer for a new campaign that playfully spoofs his Devil Wears Prada character, Nigel.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
  • One of the Anthropic ads — a version of which will air on NBC’s Super Bowl LX telecast — spoofs an OpenAI commercial that depicts a young man doing pull-ups in a park and uses ChatGPT to create a workout plan.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of spoofs
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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