Synonyms of sent up

sent up

verb

past tense of send up

as in parodied

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of

the sitcom sends up the "trials and tribulations" of the rich and famous

Synonyms & Similar Words

• parodied
• mocked
• imitated
• did
• spoofed
• mimicked
• caricatured
• burlesqued
• travestied
• played
• performed
• reproduced
• ridiculed
• simulated
• played up
• emulated
• put on
• pasquinaded
• replicated
• satirized
• pretended
• lampooned
• derided
• fleshed (out)
• duplicated
• gibed
• enlarged (on or upon)
• parroted
• embroidered
• expanded
• acted
• stretched
• elaborated
• embellished
• enhanced
• padded
• feigned
• aped
• exaggerated
• monkeyed
• amplified
• dissembled
• personated
• shammed
• faked
• copycatted
• mimed
• counterfeited
• magnified
• overstated
• pantomimed
• impersonated
• overdrew

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sent up

Detectives drained three dams, searched six mineshafts and sent up drones with specialized cameras to take detailed imagery, later analyzed with artificial intelligence. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

On today's flight, the GSLV Mark II sent up EOS-05, a 5,218-pound (2367 kilograms) satellite designed to study our planet from a very high perch. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Smith allowed a single in the ninth, and there were two outs when the Guardians sent up Bailey as a left-handed pinch hitter for catcher Austin Hedges. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

There was always something to take care of given the age of the buildings and the dampening mist sent up by the waterfall. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2026

He was captured by commercial fishermen in New Bedford, Massachusetts, sent up to Maine, and then down to New Hampshire. — Sara Hashemi, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026

That deal that would have sent up the brightest of flares that the Rangers’ were done with the season. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2026

The sheriff’s office sent up a helicopter to conduct aerial surveillance of Wheaton, but didn’t chase him on the street out of concern for drivers’ safety, the agency said in a news release. — Rylan Digiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026

In the middle of his journey, Blondin lowered a rope to a boat floating beneath him; the boat captain sent up a bottle of wine, which Blondin drank. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026