'Satire' definitions:

Definition of 'satire'

From: WordNet
noun
Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"-- Jonathan Swift [syn: sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remark]

Definition of 'Satire'

From: GCIDE
  • Satire \Sat"ire\ (?; in Eng. often ?; 277), n. [L. satira, satura, fr. satura (sc. lanx) a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, a medley, fr. satur full of food, sated, fr. sat, satis, enough: cf. F. satire. See Sate, Sad, a., and cf. Saturate.]
  • 1. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade; burlesque; wit; humor. [1913 Webster] Satiric

Synonyms of 'satire'

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