satyric

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Despite his gift for sharp dialogue, wild humor and satyric satire he leaves the reader with an exasperating feeling of emptiness.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has trod these boards as the satyric Bluebeard, as Ebenezer Scrooge, as a neurotic shrink in Reverse Psychology, even as Rufus Foufas, a bamboozled patron of the arts in Le Bourgeois Avant-Garde.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Alcestis is altogether removed from the character, essentially grotesque, of a mere satyric drama.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

The Cyclops of Euripides is the only extant specimen of a satyric drama.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

Now they all took shape satyric, like hideous heads thrust out of the dark to loll their tongues at him.

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry