Thesaurus: lampoon

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1. n. A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.
2. v. t. To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon.
3. n. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
4. v. ridicule with satire
5. A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress. Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, And grieved to find herself decayed so soon. Dryden. To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon. Ribald poets had lampooned him. Macaulay. Syn. -- To libel; defame; satirize; lash.
6. A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusivecensure written only to reproach and distress.Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, And grieved to findherself decayed so soon. Dryden.
7. n:43/v:57 n a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way v ridicule with satire