Satire

Noun

 * 1)  A literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humour is often used to aid this.
 * 2)  A satirical work.

Related terms

 * satirist

Adjectives for Satire
delicate; sharp-pointed; effective; harmless; humorous; scorching; coarse; sober; cosmic; irresistible; shy; genial; deadly; nobler; modest; mild; personal; implied; biting; social; unsparing; scathing; keen; critical; ribald; savage; political.

Verbs for Satire
aim—at; direct—; employ—; fear—; flash —; interpret—; introduce—; partake in—; resent—; sharpen—; soften—; subject in—; wield—; —amuses; —cuts; —declaims; — denounces; —derides; •—exaggerates; —ex¬poses; —jeers; —lashes at; —reproves; —^ ridicules; —runs riot.

Thesaurus
Atticism, English sonnet, Goliardic verse, Horatian ode, Hudibrastic verse, Italian sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet, Pindaric ode, Rabelaisian, Sapphic ode, Shakespearean sonnet, agile wit, alba, amoebean verse, anacreontic, balada, ballad, ballade, banter, black humor, bucolic, burlesque, canso, caricature, cartoon, causticity, chaffing, chanson, clerihew, comedy, concrete poetry, cubist poetry, cynicism, dirge, dithyramb, dramatic poetry, dry wit, eclogue, elegiac poetry, elegy, epic, epic poetry, epigram, epithalamium, epode, epopee, epopoeia, epos, erotic poetry, esprit, exaggeration, farce, georgic, ghazel, haiku, hatchet job, heroic poetry, humor, idyll, imagist verse, imitation, innuendo, invective, irony, jingle, lampoon, light verse, limerick, lyric, madrigal, malicious parody, melic poetry, metaphysical poetry, mock-heroic poetry, mockery, monody, narrative poem, narrative poetry, nimble wit, nursery rhyme, ode, oral poetry, palinode, parody, pasquil, pasquin, pasquinade, pastiche, pastoral, pastoral elegy, pastorela, pastourelle, persiflage, pleasantry, poem, poison pen, polyphonic prose, pretty wit, prose poetry, prothalamium, quick wit, raillery, ready wit, rhyme, ridicule, rondeau, rondel, roundel, roundelay, runic verse, salt, sarcasm, satiric wit, satirical poetry, savor of wit, sestina, slapstick, slapstick humor, sloka, song, sonnet, sonnet sequence, spoof, spoofery, spoofing, squib, stichomythia, subtle wit, symbolist verse, take-off, takeoff, tanka, tenso, tenzone, threnody, travesty, triolet, troubadour poem, vers de societe, verse, verselet, versicle, villanelle, virelay, visual humor, wicked imitation, wit

Etymology
Implied in satiric: (attested in 1387) < satira: < earlier satura: < undefined: < feminine of satur:. Altered in Latin by influence of Ancient Greek σάτυρος:, on the mistaken notion that the form is related to the Greek σατυρικό δράμα:.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri:
 * Belarusian: сатыра
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: სატირა
 * German:
 * Greek: σάτιρα
 * Italian:


 * Norwegian:
 * Ossetian:
 * Polish: satyra
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: сатира
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: satir
 * Turkish: yergi
 * Ukrainian: сатира

Anagrams

 * striae
 * terais

Noun

 * 1) satire

Related terms

 * satiriker ("satirist")
 * satirisere ("satirize")
 * satirisk ("satiric", "satirical")

Noun
satire



Anagrams

 * ariste, estrai, restai, restia, risate, ritesa, sartie, starei