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Caricature

Caricature Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Caricature? [n] a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect [v] represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Caricature: ape \| imitation \| impersonation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Caricature: aggrandize \| aggrandizement \| agile wit \| amplification \| amplify \| anamorphosis \| animated cartoon \| Atticism \| bad likeness \| ballyhoo \| belie \| big talk \| black humor \| blowing up \| bosh \| botch \| build up \| bunk \| burlesque \| camouflage \| carry too far \| cartoon \| cheat \| clinquant \| color \| comedy \| comic book \| comic strip \| comics \| daub \| dilatation \| dilation \| disguise \| distort \| distortion \| draw the longbow \| dry wit \| enhancement \| enlargement \| esprit \| exaggerate \| exaggerating \| exaggeration \| excess \| exorbitance \| expansion \| extravagance \| extreme \| fake \| falsify \| farce \| funnies \| gammon \| garble \| go to extremes \| grandiloquence \| heightening \| hit off on \| hokum \| huckstering \| humor \| hyperbole \| hyperbolism \| hyperbolize \| imitation \| inflation \| inordinacy \| irony \| lampoon \| laughingstock \| lay it on \| libel \| magnification \| magnify \| make much of \| miscolor \| misquote \| misreport \| misrepresent \| misstate \| misteach \| mock \| mockery \| moonshine \| nimble wit \| overcharge \| overdo \| overdraw \| overemphasis \| overestimate \| overestimation \| overkill \| overpraise \| overreach \| overreact \| oversell \| overspeak \| overstate \| overstatement \| overstress \| parody \| pasquinade \| pastiche \| pervert \| phony \| pile it on \| pinchbeck \| pleasantry \| pretty wit \| prodigality \| profuseness \| puff \| puffery \| puffing up \| quick wit \| ready wit \| ridicule \| salt \| sarcasm \| satire \| satirize \| savor of wit \| scratch \| scribble \| send up \| sensationalism \| sham \| shoddy \| slant \| slapstick \| slapstick humor \| spoof \| squib \| stretch \| stretch the truth \| stretching \| subtle wit \| superlative \| take off \| take off on \| takeoff \| take-off \| talk big \| talk in superlatives \| tall talk \| tinsel \| tout \| touting \| travesty \| twist \| understate \| visual humor \| warp \| wicked imitation \| wit \| wrench See Also \| burlesque \| charade \| humor \| humour \| lampoon \| mock \| mockery \| parody \| pasquinade \| put-on \| sendup \| spoof \| takeoff \| travesty \| wit \| witticism \| wittiness Caricature In Webster's Dictionary \Car"icature\, n. [It. caricatura, fr. caricare to charge, overload, exaggerate. See {Charge}, v. t.] 1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture. 2. A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [Formerly written {caricatura}.] The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature. --I. Taylor. A grotesque caricature of virtue. --Macaulay. \Car"icature\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caricatured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caricaturing}.] To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque. He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand. --Lord Lyttelton.

Caricature Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Caricature?

[n] a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
[v] represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Caricature: ape | imitation | impersonation

Caricature In Webster's Dictionary

\Car"i*ca*ture\, n. [It. caricatura, fr. caricare to
charge, overload, exaggerate. See {Charge}, v. t.]
1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts
   or characteristics, as in a picture.

2. A picture or other figure or description in which the
   peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as
   to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [Formerly
   written {caricatura}.]

         The truest likeness of the prince of French
         literature will be the one that has most of the look
         of a caricature.                      --I. Taylor.

         A grotesque caricature of virtue.     --Macaulay.


\Car"i*ca*ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caricatured};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Caricaturing}.]
To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous
exaggeration; to burlesque.

      He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one,
      with a masterly hand.                    --Lord
                                               Lyttelton.

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