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more satirical

ADJECTIVE

mocking

Synonyms

WEAK

abusive bantering biting bitter burlesque caustic censorious chaffing cutting cynical farcical incisive ironical lampooning mordant paradoxical parodying pungent ridiculing sarcastic sardonic spoofing taunting

ADJECTIVE

mocking

Synonyms

STRONGEST

biting caustic incisive mordant sarcastic sardonic satiric

WEAK

abusive bantering bitter burlesque censorious chaffing cutting cynical farcical ironical lampooning paradoxical parodying pungent ridiculing spoofing taunting

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm kind mild nice

Example Sentences

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One of the core truths of satire is that the more absurd things get, the more satirical comedy there will be.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2023

I’d venture to say the details of Christopher’s purported crime, and the community’s reactions, could be elucidated with more satirical dexterity, as could the payoff that upends the town’s suppositions.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2022

Galavant and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend tried a different tack by taking a more satirical approach.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2018

“I expected it to be a more satirical campaign — after all, she is a comedian,” Weinrib says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2016

If our intention were not to restrict this treatise to desirable limits, many more satirical passages might be pointed out in 'Volpone,' which are manifestly directed against 'Hamlet' and Shakspere.

From Shakspere and Montaigne by Feis, Jacob