satirize
verb/ˈsætəraɪz/
/ˈsætəraɪz/
(British English also satirise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they satirize | /ˈsætəraɪz/ /ˈsætəraɪz/ |
| he / she / it satirizes | /ˈsætəraɪzɪz/ /ˈsætəraɪzɪz/ |
| past simple satirized | /ˈsætəraɪzd/ /ˈsætəraɪzd/ |
| past participle satirized | /ˈsætəraɪzd/ /ˈsætəraɪzd/ |
| -ing form satirizing | /ˈsætəraɪzɪŋ/ /ˈsætəraɪzɪŋ/ |
- satirize somebody/something to use satire to show the faults in a person, an organization, a system, etc.
- The cartoon satirizes middle-aged, middle-class liberals.
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