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Antonyms for caricaturing
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : kar-i-kuh-cher, -choor |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær ɪ kə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər |
- abridge
- admire
- alienate
- applaud
- approve
- arrive
- be modest
- be original
- be serious
- be truthful
- build up
- clash
- come
- commend
- compliment
- compress
- condense
- confuse
- contract
- curtail
- decrease
- deprecate
- depreciate
- destroy
- differ
- direct
- disorganize
- disregard
- estrange
- exaggerate
- exalt
- exhale
- fail
- flatter
- halt
- honor
- idle
- ignore
- laud
- lessen
- lower
- minimize
- mix up
- neglect
- oppose
- play down
- praise
- prevent
- propel
- push
- push away
- put in
- rebuff
- reduce
- reject
- repel
- repulse
- respect
- reverse
- ruin
- shorten
- shrink
- stay
- stop
- support
- tell truth
- turn off
- understate
- weaken
Definition of caricaturing
Origin :- 1749, from caricature (n.). Related: Caricatured; caricaturing.
- As in lampoon : verb ridicule, make fun of
- As in libel : verb purposefully lie about someone
- As in mimic : verb imitate, mock
- As in mock : verb ridicule
- As in mock : verb mimic
- As in parody : verb imitate, spoof
- As in ridicule : verb make contemptuous fun of something or someone
- As in satirize : verb ridicule
- As in sneer : verb mock, condemn
- As in take off : verb mock, satirize
- As in travesty : verb ridicule, spoof
- As in ham it up : verb be theatrical
- As in hyperbolize : verb exaggerate
- As in snigger : verb sneer
- As in twit : verb ridicule
- As in draw : verb create a likeness in a picture
- As in exaggerate : verb overstate, embellish
- As in ape : verb mimic
- As in imitate : verb pretend to be; do an impression of
- What the deuce do you mean by caricaturing my pictures—hay?'
- Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
- It is only fair to say that we had long preceded it by caricaturing Frenchmen.
- Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury
- We wish we were caricaturing instead of representing things as they are.
- Extract from : « Natural Law in the Spiritual World » by Henry Drummond
- Even when he copies, he makes the thing his own by caricaturing it.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 » by Various
- From this time Gillray rarely let pass an opportunity of caricaturing the king.
- Extract from : « A History of Caricature and Grotesque » by Thomas Wright
- It is hard that dogma itself should be prejudiced by this caricaturing misuse of its name.
- Extract from : « Lux Mundi » by Various
- And wherever he went he met the fool who was caricaturing him.
- Extract from : « In Midsummer Days and Other Tales » by August Strindberg
- Perhaps he may have been caricaturing "the ingenious gentleman" of La Mancha.
- Extract from : « Romantic Spain » by John Augustus O'Shea
- I have been accused of caricaturing my acquaintances, but it is untrue.
- Extract from : « Notable Women Authors of the Day » by Helen C. Black
- Among other things, the artists have taken to caricaturing the cholera!
- Extract from : « A Residence in France » by J. Fenimore Cooper
Synonyms for caricaturing
- act
- act like
- affect
- affront
- amplify
- ape
- asperse
- assume
- bad-mouth
- banter
- be like
- belittle
- blister
- blow out of proportion
- blow up out of proportion
- boast
- boost
- borrow
- brag
- buffoon
- build up
- burlesque
- calumniate
- carbon
- caricature
- caricaturize
- cartoon
- chaff
- chart
- chew up the scenery
- clone
- color
- compose
- cook up
- copy
- copycat
- corrupt
- counterfeit
- crack
- crayon
- curl one's lip
- curl one's lip at
- decry
- defame
- deflate
- delineate
- denigrate
- depict
- deride
- derogate
- describe
- design
- detract
- disdain
- disparage
- distort
- ditto
- do
- do a takeoff of
- do like
- do likewise
- draft
- drag name through mud
- dump
- duplicate
- echo
- embroider
- emote
- emphasize
- emulate
- enact
- engrave
- enlarge
- etch
- exaggerate
- exalt
- expand
- expose
- express
- fabricate
- fake
- falsify
- feign
- fleer
- flout
- follow
- follow in footsteps
- follow suit
- forge
- form
- formulate
- frame
- fudge
- gibe
- gird
- give a black eye
- give Bronx cheer
- go like
- go to extremes
- graph
- grin
- ham
- haze
- heighten
- hike
- hoke
- hold in contempt
- hold up to ridicule
- hoot
- humiliate
- hyperbolize
- i
- imitate
- impersonate
- inflate
- insult
- intensify
- jape
- jeer
- jest
- jive
- joke
- jolly
- josh
- kid
- knock
- lampoon
- laugh
- laugh at
- lay it on thick
- leer
- lie
- limn
- look down on
- look like
- loud talk
- magnify
- make a fool of
- make a game of
- make a laughing-stock
- make a mockery of
- make believe
- make fun of
- make like
- make too much of
- malign
- map out
- mark
- mark wrong
- match
- mime
- mimic
- mirror
- misquote
- misreport
- misrepresent
- mock
- model
- model after
- needle
- outline
- overact
- overdo
- overdraw
- overemphasize
- overestimate
- pad
- paint
- pan
- pantomime
- parallel
- parody
- parrot
- pasquinade
- pattern after
- pencil
- perform
- personate
- pervert
- play
- play a part
- play on
- poke fun at
- pooh-pooh
- portray
- prepare
- pretend
- pretty up
- profile
- puff
- pull one's leg
- put down
- put on
- pyramid
- quip at
- quiz
- rag
- rail
- rail at
- rally
- rank out
- raz
- reduplicate
- reflect
- repeat
- replicate
- reproduce
- resemble
- revile
- rib
- ride
- ridicule
- roast
- romance
- romanticize
- run down
- satirize
- scam
- scandalize
- scoff
- scorch
- scorn
- scout
- send up
- sham
- sheik
- show contempt
- show up
- simulate
- sizzle
- sketch
- slam
- slight
- slur
- smear
- smile
- sneer
- sneeze at
- snicker
- sniff at
- snigger
- spoof
- squib
- stretch
- swipe
- take off
- takeoff
- taunt
- tear down
- tease
- theatricalize
- thumb nose at
- trace
- traduce
- travesty
- turn up one's nose
- twit
- underrate
- unmask
- up
- vilify
- write
- Xerox
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