Word
Burlesque
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
bur-lesque
Definition
- a. - Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant
images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating
it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular;
ironical.
- n. - Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque
satire.
- n. - An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite
laughter, or to ridicule anything.
- n. - A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross
perversion.
- v. t. - To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque
representation in action or in language.
- v. i. - To employ burlesque.
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