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Antonyms for lampooning

Grammar : Verb
Spell : lam-poon
Phonetic Transcription : læmˈpun


Definition of lampooning

Origin :
  • 1640s, from French lampon (17c.), of unknown origin, said by French etymologists to be from lampons "let us drink," popular refrain for scurrilous 17c. songs, from lamper "to drink, guzzle," a nasalized form of laper "to lap," from a Germanic source akin to lap (v.). Also see -oon.
  • verb ridicule, make fun of
Example sentences :
  • As early as 1832 Jerrold was lampooning him in his "Punch in London."
  • Extract from : « The History of "Punch" » by M. H. Spielmann
  • As it was, the poor little cripple was whipped at Twyford for lampooning his master.
  • Extract from : « Obiter Dicta » by Augustine Birrell
  • Why, dash it all, she will be lampooning us in it before we know where we are.
  • Extract from : « The Silent Barrier » by Louis Tracy
  • They avenged themselves by lampooning him, and they were masters in the art.
  • Extract from : « The Commercial Restraints of Ireland » by John Hely Hutchinson
  • Thus the older poets were distinguished as writers of heroic or of lampooning verse.
  • Extract from : « Poetics » by Aristotle
  • It began by boldly asserting the necessity for reform, lampooning the Regent, and attacking the cant and excesses of Methodism.
  • Extract from : « Haunted London » by Walter Thornbury
  • Lampoon′er, one who writes a lampoon; Lampoon′ry, practice of lampooning: written personal abuse or satire.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various
  • He was a satirist as well as a humorist, and was bold in lampooning the prominent men of his time, not even sparing the king.
  • Extract from : « English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History » by Henry Coppee
  • Quevedo, imprisoned four years in the Leonese dungeon for lampooning him, would probably remember him in a less amiable light!
  • Extract from : « Northern Spain » by Edgar T. A. Wigram
  • The orators and journals of the opposition were ridiculing and lampooning him without measure.
  • Extract from : « The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume One » by Abraham Lincoln

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