Synonyms for lampooning
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : lam-poon |
Phonetic Transcription : læmˈpun |
Top 10 synonyms for lampooning Other synonyms for the word lampooning
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for lampooning
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