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travesty
[ trav-uh-stee ]
noun
- a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation:
a travesty of justice.
Synonyms: distortion, sham, perversion, mockery
- a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter.
- a literary or artistic composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model.
verb (used with object)
- to make a travesty on; turn (a serious work or subject) to ridicule by burlesquing.
- to imitate grotesquely or absurdly.
travesty
/ ˈtrævɪstɪ /
noun
- a farcical or grotesque imitation; mockery; parody
verb
- tr to make or be a travesty of
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- un·traves·tied adjective
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Origin of travesty1
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Example Sentences
To connoisseurs of smoked fish such confusion would be a travesty.
Such travesty haunts the collective imagination, reflecting myth, history and politics.
Then there was that 80-14 travesty against Idaho, a team that won just one out of eleven games all season.
One of the defense attorneys for Zimmerman said he was glad the outcome did not turn a tragedy into travesty.
As happy as I am for George Zimmerman, I'm thrilled that this jury kept this tragedy from becoming a travesty.
The sailor, after the manner so often dwelt upon, is keeping up a pleasing travesty of sea-faring life.
My travesty of Plato was intended to illustrate the difficulty of close reasoning on such topics.
Though the proceedings had been a travesty of justice, they had been invested hitherto with a scenic stateliness.
She may, indeed, have been a mere travesty, though the hypothesis would be anything but free from difficulty.
The Franco-Prussian War was in progress, and this travesty was particularly timely.
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