lampoon
a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
to mock or ridicule in a lampoon: to lampoon important leaders in the government.
Origin of lampoon
1synonym study For lampoon
Other words from lampoon
- lam·poon·er, lam·poon·ist, noun
- lam·poon·er·y, noun
- un·lam·pooned, adjective
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How to use lampoon in a sentence
The Parisian of all time cracks jokes and makes lampoons before, during, and after the most horrible revolutions.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacThorvald and Vetrlidi the skald made lampoons about Thangbrand, but he slew them both.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri SturlusonThere are always the pamphlets and lampoons, and if you offend a penman they will kill you in a paper warfare.
The Rake's Progress | Marjorie BowenSome observations on these lampoons may be found prefixed to the Epistle to Julian, among the pieces ascribed to Dryden.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals | John DrydenFor in that age of lampoons the incident is not one that would have been suffered to pass unnoticed.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall | W. R. H. Trowbridge
British Dictionary definitions for lampoon
/ (læmˈpuːn) /
a satire in prose or verse ridiculing a person, literary work, etc
(tr) to attack or satirize in a lampoon
Origin of lampoon
1Derived forms of lampoon
- lampooner or lampoonist, noun
- lampoonery, noun
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