He is not so much a humorist as a satirist of the Thackeray type — unsparing in his denunciation of shams, affectations, and flimsy pretences of all kinds.
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Satirist
Synonyms for "satirist" (81 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (40)
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Translations
24 translations across 17 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- satirik noun (a person who writes satire)
Armenian
1 entries- երգիծաբան noun (a person who writes satire)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сатирик noun (a person who writes satire)
Danish
1 entries- satiriker noun (a person who writes satire)
Dutch
2 entries- hekeldichter noun (a person who writes satire)
- hekeldichteres noun (a person who writes satire)
German
2 entries- Satiriker noun (a person who writes satire)
- Satirikerin noun (a person who writes satire)
Indonesian
1 entries- satiris noun (a person who writes satire)
Irish
2 entries- aorthóir noun (a person who writes satire)
- cáinte noun (a person who writes satire)
Italian
3 entries- satirica noun (a person who writes satire)
- satirico noun (a person who writes satire)
- satiro noun (a person who writes satire)
Malay
1 entries- satirawan noun (a person who writes satire)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- satiriker noun (a person who writes satire)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- satirikar noun (a person who writes satire)
Romanian
2 entries- satiric noun (a person who writes satire)
- satirică noun (a person who writes satire)
Russian
1 entries- сати́рик noun (a person who writes satire)
Swedish
1 entries- satiriker noun (a person who writes satire)
Turkish
2 entries- taşlamacı noun (a person who writes satire)
- yergici noun (a person who writes satire)
Welsh
1 entries- dychanwr noun (a person who writes satire)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Jon Stewart said goodbye to his fans Thursday, after 16 years on the Comedy Central network's The Daily Show, which established him as America's foremost satirist of politicians and the media.
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In one of the Greek satirist Lucian's Dialogues of Courtesans, a conversation takes place between the hetaira Tryphaena and a young client named Charmides.
Source: wiktionary
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