satirize
verb (used with object)
to attack or ridicule with satire.
satirizing
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present participleof satirize.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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With shows like FX’s “Adults” and HBO’s “I Love LA” satirizing real-life hardships such as layoffs, fitting in at work and unchecked career ambition, here’s how TV has taken on modern workplace struggles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
I didn’t want to live in a world of satirizing this guy forever.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
Jared Keeso stars in this “Letterkenny” spinoff satirizing performative masculinity among a small-town Canadian hockey team.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
Blichfeldt films all this with an unblinking eye, satirizing the lengths women go to in order to reach the standards of beauty they feel they must achieve.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
Eventually Threpe was called up onto the stage where he sang a scathing little ditty of his own design, satirizing one of Tarbean’s councilmen.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
