Travesty
111invest — [16] The etymological notion underlying invest is of ‘putting on clothes’. It comes via Old French investir from Latin investīre, a compound verb formed from the prefix in and vestis ‘clothes’ (source of English vest, vestment, travesty, etc). It …
112justice — n. rules of law administration of law 1) to administer, dispense, mete out, render justice 2) to obstruct justice 3) to pervert justice 4) divine; frontier (US); poetic; summary justice 5) justice prevails 6) a miscarriage; travesty of justice 7) …
113exaggeration — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) False magnification Nouns 1. exaggeration, magnification, overstatement, inflation, puffing up, hyperbole, stretch, strain, [high or false] coloring, caricature, extravagance. See distortion, figurative …
114imitation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Following of a model Nouns 1. imitation; quotation, paraphrase, parody, travesty, burlesque; copy, forgery (see falsehood); mockery, mimicry; simulation, pretense, sham, impersonation, imposture;… …
115misrepresentation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. misstate ment, distortion, exaggeration, perversion, falsification; caricature, burlesque, travesty; mimicry, mockery, parody, takeoff, imitation. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. counterfeit,… …
116mock — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. ridicule, mimic, tantalize, jeer at; disappoint. See disrespect. adj. false, imitation, sham, pseudo. See deception, similarity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. counterfeit, sham, pretended; see false… …
117spoof — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., slang, jest, joke, banter, hoax; satire, burlesque, parody, takeoff, caricature, lampoon. v., slang, deceive, hoodwink, fool; needle, josh, kid; lampoon, parody, satirize. See deception, copy. II… …
118mockery — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Derision] Syn. teasing, jeering, badinage; see ridicule . 2. [Mimicry] Syn. imitation, spoof, burlesque, lampoon; see parody . 3. [Something preposterous] Syn. absurdity, inanity, laugh; see joke 1 . II (Roget s 3… …
119Misrepresentation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Misrepresentation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 misrepresentation misrepresentation distortion caricatura| exaggeration Sgm: N 1 daubing daubing &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 bad likeness bad likeness daub sign painting …
120Ridicule — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ridicule >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ridicule ridicule derision Sgm: N 1 sardonic smile sardonic smile sardonic grin Sgm: N 1 irrision irrision Sgm: N 1 scoffing scoffing &c.(disrespect) 929 Sgm: N 1 …
