satirizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of satirize
as in lampoons

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for satirizes
  1. parodies
  2. ridicules
  3. mocks
  4. imitates
  5. derides
  6. spoofs
  7. mimics
Verb
  • In another nod to Scream, Cheri Oteri parodies Courteney Cox’s Gale Weathers as the comically unethical news anchor Gail Hailstorm.
    — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 27 June 2026
  • Ben Hania’s film before that, 2020’s Oscar-nominated The Man Who Sold His Skin, parodies the art world’s fetishization of refugees.
    — Alexander Durie, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
Definition of parodies
Verb
  • Fiction and reality braid in clever ways as Highsmith ridicules her visitor and is inspired by him, imagining a sinister plot (which could in fact be real).
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Though Claudius ridicules Hamlet for his emotional vulnerability, his grief drives him to avenge his father and emerge as a hero.
    — Jeanette Tran, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of ridicules
Verb
  • Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother is designed as an action flick as well as a portrait of a family dealing with tragedy and an insider’s look at an insular community that mocks harmful stereotypes without perpetrating them.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
  • And finally, another one of Wang’s creations mocks Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine’s infamously cringe sexts by showing the pop star losing his mind to a picture of Jolly’s derriere in an Instagram DM.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of mocks
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  • Constantin Brâncuși’s marble-and-limestone sculpture L’oiseau (1923/1947), for example, commands the space, while Wolfgang Tillmans’s 2022 photograph tree filling window imitates an open window in a closed space.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Over the weekend, movie-theater chain AMC Entertainment accused Robinhood of creating an unauthorized market that imitates trading in AMC shares through its overseas platform without the company’s approval.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of imitates
Verb
  • The board, in its response to DSA’s recent electoral victories in New York and Colorado, derides DSA candidates for being too radical.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • The move comes days after Havana unveiled its boldest economic liberalization in decades, which Washington derides as superficial.
    — Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
Definition of derides
Verb
  • My favorite summer TikTok trend is one that spoofs Netflix true crime dramas by applying their narrative formula to mundane, everyday situations.
    — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 31 July 2026
  • Otherwise, the software is fast and fluid, and Google apps can run here as long as the user installs MicroG first (an open-source software that spoofs Google Mobile Services).
    — Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of spoofs
Verb
  • The researchers injected mice with varying doses of CP55940, a synthetic cannabinoid that mimics the effects of tetrahydrocannabinol, or TCH, the main psychoactive compound in weed.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
  • PlusAI uses sand to simulate the loads its trailers must carry to support research and development testing, as carrying the material closely mimics real freight conditions.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of mimics
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