satirical

[ suh-tir-i-kuhl ]

/ səˈtɪr ɪ kəl /

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adjective

of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.

indulging in or given to satire: a satirical poet.

OTHER WORDS FOR satirical

1 sardonic, ironical, taunting, cutting, mordant, biting, acid.

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Also sa·tir·ic

[suh-tir-ik] /səˈtɪr ɪk/ .

Origin of satirical

1520–30; <Late Latin satiric(us) (satir(a) satire + -icus-ic) + -al¹

synonym study for satirical

1. See cynical.

OTHER WORDS FROM satirical

sa·tir·i·cal·ly, adverbsa·tir·i·cal·ness, nounnon·sa·tir·ic, adjectivenon·sa·tir·i·cal, adjective

non·sa·tir·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·sa·tir·i·cal·ness, nounpseu·do·sa·tir·i·cal, adjectivepseu·do·sa·tir·i·cal·ly, adverbqua·si-sa·tir·i·cal, adjectivequa·si-sa·tir·i·cal·ly, adverbsem·i·sa·tir·ic, adjectivesem·i·sa·tir·i·cal, adjectivesem·i·sa·tir·i·cal·ly, adverbsub·sa·tir·ic, adjectivesub·sa·tir·i·cal, adjectivesub·sa·tir·i·cal·ly, adverbsub·sa·tir·i·cal·ness, nounun·sa·tir·ic, adjectiveun·sa·tir·i·cal, adjectiveun·sa·tir·i·cal·ly, adverbun·sa·tir·i·cal·ness, noun

How to use satirical in a sentence

The Forty-Year-Old Version is pointed, satirical, and sharp as a rapier, and it hits every beat perfectly.
Two of the year’s best movies are now on Netflix|Alissa Wilkinson|October 9, 2020|Vox
JibJab, a digital greetings card company that specializes in satirical content, is among the smaller advertisers returning.
‘We knew it would impact our business negatively’: How joining the Facebook boycott affected one small advertiser|Kristina Monllos|August 4, 2020|Digiday
At any rate, he will find no spirit of this description in what Cobbett satirically termed “the Wen.”
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
Satirically applied to those who are unwilling to partake of a meal in a friend's house.
The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop

He loved to comment satirically on the city, with a broad humorous sense of his own strangeness there.
By The Sea|Heman White Chaplin
One of the ancients has observed truly, but satirically enough, that, "Mankind is the measure of every thing."
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals|John Dryden
The reputation of being a "king of hearts," a title satirically applied to him at this period, he never quite lost.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall|W. R. H. Trowbridge

British Dictionary definitions for satirical

satirical

satiric

/ (səˈtɪrɪkəl) /

adjective

of, relating to, or containing satire

given to the use of satire

Derived forms of satirical

satirically, adverbsatiricalness, noun

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satiric

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