adjective
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of, relating to, or containing satire
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given to the use of satire
Related Words
See cynical.
Other Word Forms
- nonsatiric adjective
- nonsatirical adjective
- nonsatirically adverb
- nonsatiricalness noun
- pseudosatirical adjective
- pseudosatirically adverb
- quasi-satirical adjective
- quasi-satirically adverb
- satirically adverb
- satiricalness noun
- semisatiric adjective
- semisatirical adjective
- semisatirically adverb
- subsatiric adjective
- subsatirical adjective
- subsatirically adverb
- subsatiricalness noun
- unsatiric adjective
- unsatirical adjective
- unsatirically adverb
- unsatiricalness noun
Etymology
Origin of satirical
First recorded in 1520–30; from Late Latin satiric(us) (from satir(a) satire + -icus -ic ) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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This is the stage set for the release of Caro Claire Burke’s debut novel “Yesteryear,” a satirical thriller in which Christian tradwife influencer Natalie awakes in an 1855 homestead with no explanation and no escape.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
With almost 160,000 followers on Instagram, he posts satirical videos about Cuba's blackouts and other hardships.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Jones also worked as a scholar of history and made passionate efforts to excavate the satirical intentions of Chaucer’s “The Knight’s Tale” from beneath centuries of deadpan scholarship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
A well-known Eritrean satirical cartoonist has been freed from prison after spending 15 years in detention without charge, his family and friends have told the BBC.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
The plot of Aristophanes’ satirical play The Frogs of 405 bc, for instance, like the story of Orpheus and Euridice, concerns a life-or- death poetry and singing competition in the Underworld.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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