Antonyms for caricatured


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : kar-i-kuh-cher, -choor
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær ɪ kə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər


Definition of caricatured

Origin :
  • 1754, from caricature (n.) + -ist.
  • As in enlarged : adj increased
  • As in imitated : adj copied
  • 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
Example sentences :
  • "The Souls" were envied, mocked at, caricatured, by those who were not of them.
  • Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • He was caricatured, spit at, reviled, depicted as the beast-man in Europe.
  • Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
  • There was Sammie, a prototype of the caricatured Englishman in our comic papers.
  • Extract from : « Night Bombing with the Bedouins » by Robert Henry Reece
  • The fancy grew big in his mind, distorted, caricatured, terrible.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • He couldn't have been that if he hadn't known the things he caricatured.
  • Extract from : « That Fortune » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • What Englishman but knows that curl which Doyle has so often caricatured in Punch?
  • Extract from : « Saunterings in and about London » by Max Schlesinger
  • The years had caricatured her defects, and her business had stamped its mark upon her.
  • Extract from : « The Quaint Companions » by Leonard Merrick
  • And yet he was caricatured in this audacious manner, and it did not occur to anyone to object!
  • Extract from : « Callias » by Alfred John Church
  • The function of religion is then caricatured rather than realized.
  • Extract from : « Human Nature and Conduct » by John Dewey
  • He laughed at and caricatured them amongst his worthless associates.
  • Extract from : « Cassell's History of England, Vol. I (of 9) » by Anonymous

Synonyms for caricatured

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