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Antonyms for satirist
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : sat-er-ist |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæt ər ɪst |
Definition of satirist
Origin :- 1580s; see satire (n.) + -ist.
- As in misanthropist : noun cynic
- As in cynic : noun nonbeliever
- As in humorist : noun comedian
- I am sure, at least, that Nature never meant him for a satirist.
- Extract from : « Biographical Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- So very right, that I believe no satirist could breathe this air.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- The novelist may be only an observer; the satirist must be a thinker.
- Extract from : « Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens » by G. K. Chesterton
- It is rather the keen, bright thrust of the satirist that saves the day.
- Extract from : « The Untroubled Mind » by Herbert J. Hall
- Human life, of course, I mean, viewed with the eye of the satirist!
- Extract from : « The Madonna of the Future » by Henry James
- He was not a mocker, or a leveller, or a satirist, or an atheist.
- Extract from : « A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon » by John Lord, A.M.
- Don Pedro was a born joker, and felt conceit in his powers as a satirist.
- Extract from : « The Free Lances » by Mayne Reid
- The problem that the satirist faced in the sixties was, then, formidable.
- Extract from : « The Methodist » by Evan Lloyd
- I suppose this book might make Mr. Jacks memorable as a satirist.
- Extract from : « When Winter Comes to Main Street » by Grant Martin Overton
- This book established Sydney Smith's reputation as a satirist.
- Extract from : « A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year » by Edwin Emerson
Synonyms for satirist
- card
- carper
- caviler
- clown
- comedienne
- comic
- cutup
- detractor
- disbeliever
- doubter
- doubting Thomas
- egoist
- egotist
- entertainer
- flouter
- jester
- joker
- jokesmith
- jokester
- misanthrope
- misanthropist
- misogamist
- misogynist
- mocker
- pessimist
- questioner
- satirist
- scoffer
- skeptic
- sneerer
- stand-up comic
- unbeliever
- wisecracker
- wit
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