burlesque
noun
an artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity.
burlesqued
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past participleof burlesque.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof burlesque.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
burlesquenounan artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Morton has done this kind of thing before and done it with Mr. Bonneville—“Twenty Twelve” lampooned the scene behind the 2012 London Olympics; “W1A” burlesqued the BBC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Basquiat plainly harbored that emotion even as, for art’s sake, he burlesqued it, packing spaces around and amid the vehement black lines with abstract fiestas of white, red, blue, and yellow.
From The New Yorker ● May 26, 2017
She has become the archetype of the cinema woman, adulated, burlesqued, imitated, envied.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2012
On the contrary: She sang very well, in a style that burlesqued the practice of "normal" singing.
From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2009
His Highland types are perhaps somewhat closer to the life than his Lowlanders, but all are invariably touched off with the kindliest humour, and never in any way burlesqued.
From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various
