Kirby's quintessentially Japanese cuteness is almost incomprehensible to his American audience, who satirize him as a dark and gloomy character constantly, almost as a reflex.
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Satirize
//ˈsatɪrʌɪz//
Synonyms for "satirize" (26 found)
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25 translations across 15 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- هجا verb (make a satire)
Bulgarian
1 entries- осмивам verb (make a satire)
Catalan
1 entries- satiritzar verb (make a satire)
French
1 entries- satiriser verb (make a satire)
Galician
1 entries- satirizar verb (make a satire)
German
4 entries- lächerlich machen verb (make a satire)
- satirisieren verb (make a satire)
- verhöhnen verb (make a satire)
- verspotten verb (make a satire)
Greek
1 entries- σατιρίζω verb (make a satire)
Hindi
1 entries- हँसी उड़ाना verb (make a satire)
Italian
4 entries- fare satira verb (make a satire)
- prendersi gioco verb (make a satire)
- ridicolizzare verb (make a satire)
- satireggiare verb (make a satire)
Latin
1 entries- cavillor verb (make a satire)
Māori
1 entries- whakarōrā verb (make a satire)
Russian
2 entries- вы́смеять verb (make a satire)
- высме́ивать verb (make a satire)
Spanish
2 entries- ridiculizar verb (make a satire)
- satirizar verb (make a satire)
Swedish
3 entries- förlöjliga verb (make a satire)
- satirisera verb (make a satire)
- satirisera över verb (make a satire)
Ukrainian
1 entries- висмі́ювати verb (make a satire)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The seventy disciples received the teaching of Confucius in the oral form, for words that satirize, criticize, praise, conceal, suppress, or ridicule cannot appear in writing.
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Classic writers are prone to satirize women lashingly, but Jonson's satire is different.
Source: wiktionary
Nat Habib, the producer‐director at the Scarsdale theater, says that “Flahooley,” which satirizes big business, was in part a victim of the McCarthyism of the times.
Source: wiktionary
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