All caricaturing synonyms
carΒ·iΒ·caΒ·ture
C c verb caricaturing
- overstate β to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
- ridicule β speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- ridicule β speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- imitate β to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
- write β to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe: Write your name on the board.
- paint β a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- mark β Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837β1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897β1904.
- overdo β to do to excess; overindulge in: to overdo dieting.
- magnify β to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.
- fabricate β to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- distort β to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- inflate β deflate
- misrepresent β to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
- heighten β to increase the height of; make higher.
- falsify β to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- amplify β If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
- overdraw β to draw upon (an account, allowance, etc.) in excess of the balance standing to one's credit or at one's disposal: It was the first time he had ever overdrawn his account.
- overestimate β to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- overemphasize β to emphasize excessively.
- resemble β to be like or similar to.
- pretend β to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
- duplicate β a copy exactly like an original.
- reproduce β to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- assume β If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
- mimic β to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
- replicate β Also, replicated. folded; bent back on itself.
- simulate β to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- ape β Apes are chimpanzees, gorillas, and other animals in the same family.
- satirize β to attack or ridicule with satire.
- defame β If someone defames another person or thing, they say bad and untrue things about them.
- tease β to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- taunt β to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
- scoff β to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
- insult β to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
- deride β If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
- scorn β open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
- lampoon β a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- disparage β to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
- humiliate β to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- belittle β If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
- grin β to smile broadly, especially as an indication of pleasure, amusement, or the like.
- do β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- caricature β A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.
- ditto β the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: β³. Abbreviation: do. Compare ditto mark.
- parrot β any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- counterfeit β Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
- echo β a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- impersonate β to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- travesty β a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
- mirror β any reflecting surface, as the surface of calm water under certain lighting conditions.