TRAVESTY (travestied)

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Irregular inflected form: travestied   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does travesty mean? 

• TRAVESTY (noun)
  The noun TRAVESTY has 2 senses:

1. a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

2. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

  Familiarity information: TRAVESTY used as a noun is rare.

• TRAVESTY (verb)
  The verb TRAVESTY has 1 sense:

1. make a travesty of

  Familiarity information: TRAVESTY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAVESTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

farce; farce comedy; travesty

Hypernyms ("travesty" is a kind of...):

comedy (light and humorous drama with a happy ending)

Derivation:

travesty (make a travesty of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

burlesque; lampoon; mockery; parody; pasquinade; put-on; send-up; sendup; spoof; takeoff; travesty

Hypernyms ("travesty" is a kind of...):

caricature; imitation; impersonation (a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect)

• TRAVESTY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they travesty    ... he / she / it travesties   
Past simple: travestied   
Past participle: travestied   
-ing form: travestying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a travesty of

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "travesty" is one way to...):

burlesque; parody; spoof (make a parody of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

travesty (a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations)

 Context examples 

Even a sceptic, who can see nothing but a travesty of bitter truth in anything holy or emotional, would have been melted to the heart had he seen that little group of loving and devoted friends kneeling round that stricken and sorrowing lady; or heard the tender passion of her husband's voice, as in tones so broken with emotion that often he had to pause, he read the simple and beautiful service from the Burial of the Dead.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)