satirenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈsæt.aɪər/us/ˈsæt.aɪr/a way of criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way, or a piece of writing or play that uses this style:
political satire
Her play was a biting/cruel satire on life in the 80s.
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Humour & humorous
- a bundle of laughs idiom
- blackly
- bring
- bundle
- crack
- don't make me laugh! idiom
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- gallows humour
- hysterical
- jocular
- josh
- killing
- lambent
- laugh
- sarcasm
- satirize
- tickle
- witty
- wordplay
- you've got to laugh idiom
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Types of film, play, book etc.
satirical
adjective uk/səˈtɪr.ɪ.kəl/us/səˈtɪr.ɪ.kəl/
satirical cartoons/magazines