- 1. a. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal. Source: opted
- 2. a. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm. Source: opted
- 3. n. witty language used to convey insults or scorn Source: wordnet
- 4. n. a genre of literature and performing arts, in which shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming others Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal. 2. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm. Syn. -- Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade; burlesque; wit; humor. Source: webster
- 6. n:100 n witty language used to convey insults or scorn Source: ecdict
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