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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

It’s here that the movie’s portrait of the music scene takes on ever sharper, more satirical dimensions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2021

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

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2018

Carlo Gozzi, less tolerant and far more satirical than his elder brother, confounded both poets in a common loathing.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo