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Antonyms for satiric

Grammar : Adj
Spell : suh-tir-i-kuhl or suh-tir-ik
Phonetic Transcription : səˈtɪr ɪ kəl or səˈtɪr ɪk

Definition of satiric

Origin :
  • c.1500, from French satirique, from Late Latin satiricus, from satira (see satire (n.)). Earlier (late 14c.) as a noun meaning "a writer of satires."
  • adj sarcastic
Example sentences :
  • "Yes, you will," Adams returned, not noticing that his son's inflection was satiric.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • This statement is not to be accepted as a satiric fable, but as a literal fact.
  • Extract from : « Recollections » by David Christie Murray
  • One of his "Hundred Voices" has something of this satiric note.
  • Extract from : « Life Immovable » by Kostes Palamas
  • The ethos of the satiric persona was something they could not understand.
  • Extract from : « Two Poems Against Pope » by Leonard Welsted
  • Her own father had a rich fund of humour, but it was satiric.
  • Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
  • The richness of his satiric perception was too great to permit of speech.
  • Extract from : « The House with the Green Shutters » by George Douglas Brown
  • They resemble Juvenal, or the satiric touches in Timon of Athens.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb » by Charles Lamb
  • This work, as might be anticipated, was a satiric attack on the clergy of that day.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Daniel De Foe » by George Chalmers
  • The "Dunciad" is a monument of satiric wit, or genius belittled.
  • Extract from : « Genius in Sunshine and Shadow » by Maturin Murray Ballou
  • His temperament was dramatic, passionate, satiric and witty.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 3 » by Various

Synonyms for satiric

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