Definition of satirist in English:
satirist
noun ˈsatərɪstˈsæd(ə)rəst
A writer or user of satire.
the political satirist had the audience in stitches
the first-century Roman satirist Juvenal
Example sentencesExamples
- The satirist may use different forms of literature in prose or verse.
- We humans are inclined to sympathize with attractive people, which is why satirists often paint their targets in hideous garb.
- A satirist must accept the fact that some won't understand the joke.
- His movies are the works of a brilliant, cynical satirist whose artistic downfall was an unceasing irony.
- The satirist differs from authors of other types of literature with regard to its way of dealing with his subject.
- The timing was bad—the timing of my career as a satirist is bad probably in general.
- He is a satirist whose words are weapons.
- My father was not a man to underrate the bearing of Latin satirists or Greek dramatists on the attainment of an aristocratic position.
- Through reduction, the satirist aims at to make the reader laugh at his subject.
- He is the most compelling Hollywood satirist this side of Nathanael West.
Definition of satirist in US English:
satirist
nounˈsad(ə)rəstˈsæd(ə)rəst
A writer or user of satire.
the political satirist had the audience in stitches
the first-century Roman satirist Juvenal
Example sentencesExamples
- He is the most compelling Hollywood satirist this side of Nathanael West.
- The satirist differs from authors of other types of literature with regard to its way of dealing with his subject.
- We humans are inclined to sympathize with attractive people, which is why satirists often paint their targets in hideous garb.
- A satirist must accept the fact that some won't understand the joke.
- Through reduction, the satirist aims at to make the reader laugh at his subject.
- His movies are the works of a brilliant, cynical satirist whose artistic downfall was an unceasing irony.
- The timing was bad—the timing of my career as a satirist is bad probably in general.
- He is a satirist whose words are weapons.
- The satirist may use different forms of literature in prose or verse.
- My father was not a man to underrate the bearing of Latin satirists or Greek dramatists on the attainment of an aristocratic position.