satirizing

Definition of satirizingnext
present participle of satirize

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Verb
  • Heidecker — the mind behind projects including The Tim and Eric Show and On Cinema — has been parodying Jones for years.
    Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2026
  • And of course Burrs, whom Donica plays with titanic, Sweeney-esque feeling and force of baritone, is all the more self-hating and compromised, having made a career parodying himself.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • When Suzanna, a fledgling psychologist, tells, at Max’s urging, a mocking anecdote about one of her young clients, neither Becky nor the sensitive Andrew get the laugh.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Talkative characters like the froggish Mallow and even Bowser himself are motor-mouthed and sarcastic, nigglingly mocking Mario for his inability to speak in anything other than nods and pantomimes.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • After outlining that corrupt deal, Du Bois dissects how scholarship sympathetic to the northern interests then rewrote Reconstruction’s history, turning the period into a fable of failure while caricaturing Black political leadership and widespread democratic participation.
    Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The political rhetoric aimed at ridiculing Canada bothers Johnson.
    Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Other potential candidates, such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Gavin Newsom, have achieved fame by berating and ridiculing the other side.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Both of us remember childhood weekends spent recording our own camcorder sketch shows — Lee imitating Dana Carvey’s Ross Perot and Molly Shannon’s Mary Catherine Gallagher, Jenn pushing the boundaries of absurdism far past the point of actually getting laughs.
    Lee Kelly, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The upcoming season of Nobody Wants This includes a bit more art imitating life after Timothy Simons‘ recent hair experiment.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • All of that just mimicking where Texas finds itself.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Through this, researchers are mimicking natural structures, such as bird nests and bone minerals, to create ultra-strong manufactured materials.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • It’s often used in sports, notably English soccer, as a way of deriding a team’s mentality in clutch moments.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Trump’s individual attacks followed a blanket statement deriding all four podcast hosts.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The solution is equipped with a dual-constellation GNSS receiver, integrating signals from military constellations, Galileo PRS, and civilian GPS, and providing resistance to spoofing, with enhanced accuracy and availability.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
  • According to the Windward website, ship spoofing is the act of transmitting false information via the Automatic Identification System, requiring vessels to disclose tracking data, including the ship's name and identification number, as well as speed, heading and course over ground.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Satirizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/satirizing. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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