travesty
noun
a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation.
travestying
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present participleof travesty.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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There was evidently a regular manufacture for this festival of costumes simulating and travestying those of the Imperial Body Guard.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by Edward Lucas White
If these prescriptions are observed, he says, travestying a fine Lucretian line, the diner-out may draw near to and drink deep from the well-spring of a happy life.
From Horace by William Tuckwell
Peyrade had the power of travestying everything, even his wit.
From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honoré de Balzac
The kitchen-maid was toasting a slice of bread at the end of a very long toasting-fork, which she held at arm's length towards the unapproachable fire, travestying the Flanconnade in fencing.
From Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy
Yet I labor day by day travestying it, caricaturing the beautiful thoughts that come into my mind.
From Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley
