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travestynoun a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of somethingrigged from the start, his trial was a travesty of justice caricature, cartoon, farce, joke, mockery, parody, sham burlesque, comedylampoon, takeoffcounterfeit, fake, feigning, forgery, hoax, humbug, knockoff, phony(also phoney), pretense(or pretence), simulation homage, tribute a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effectthe big-screen version of the classic sitcom is actually a good-natured travesty of the TV series burlesque, caricature, parody, put-on, rib, send-up, spoof, takeoff lampoon, mockery, satirecomedy, farce, humor, sketch, slapstick, squibdistortion, exaggerationimitation, impersonation, mimicking travestyverbto copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun ofthis comedy sketch mindlessly travesties the hard work of relief workers around the world burlesque, caricature, do, imitate, mimic, mock, parody, send up, spoof lampoon, pasquinade, satirizederide, gibe(or jibe), ridiculeape, copycat, monkey, parrotduplicate, emulate, replicate, reproduceact, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, pretend, sham, simulateelaborate, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, magnify, pad, play up, stretchamplify, enhance, enlarge (on or upon), expand, flesh (out), overdraw, overstate, put onmime, pantomimeimpersonate, perform, personate, play n.caricature, burlesque, parody, travesty mean a comic or grotesque imitation.caricature implies ludicrous exaggeration of the characteristic features of a subject.caricatures of politicians in cartoons burlesque implies mockery especially through giving a serious or lofty subject a frivolous treatment.a nightclub burlesque of a trial in court parody applies especially to treatment of a trivial or ludicrous subject in the exactly imitated style of a well-known author or work.a witty parody of a popular novel travesty implies that the subject remains unchanged but that the style is extravagant or absurd.this production is a travesty of the opera in 1673 |