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travesty (noun)

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  • travesty — ► NOUN (pl. travesties) ▪ an absurd or grotesque misrepresentation. ► VERB (travesties, travestied) ▪ represent in such a way. ORIGIN from French travestir to disguise …   English terms dictionary

  • travesty role — noun (theatre) A role intended to be taken by a performer of the opposite sex to that of the character • • • Main Entry: ↑travesty …   Useful english dictionary

  • travesty — I noun burlesque, burlesque translation, caricature, crude presentation, distortion, exaggeration, farce, imitation, lampoon, low comedy, ludicrous presentation, mimicry, mockery, parody, perversion, ridicule, take off II index caricature,… …   Law dictionary

  • travesty — noun (C) an extremely bad example of something; especially one that is very unfair or morally wrong and has the opposite result to the one it should have: O Brien described his trial as a travesty of justice …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • travesty — noun a travesty of justice Syn: perversion of, distortion of, corruption of, misrepresentation of, poor imitation of, poor substitute for, mockery of, parody of, caricature of; farce of, charade of, pantomime of, sham of, spoof of; informal… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • travesty — I. transitive verb ( tied; tying) Date: 1673 to make a travesty of ; parody II. noun (plural ties) Etymology: obsolete English travesty disguised, parodied, from French travesti, past participle of travestir to disguise, from Italian …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • travesty — /ˈtrævəsti / (say travuhstee) noun (plural travesties) 1. any grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice. 2. a literary composition characterised by burlesque or ludicrous treatment of a serious work or subject. 3. literary …  

  • travesty — 1. noun ˈtɹæ.vəs.ti/ a) An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation A battlefield trial is a travesty of justice. b) A parody or stylistic imitation. Syn: caricature …   Wiktionary

  • travesty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. caricature, burlesque, farce, parody, lampoon, takeoff (inf.), spoof (sl.); fiasco; absurdity. See ridicule, imitation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. burlesque, spoof, mockery, perversion; see parody . See… …   English dictionary for students

  • travesty — trav|es|ty [ trævəsti ] noun singular a situation, action, or event that shocks you because it is very different from what it should be, or because it seems very unfair: Jensen called the verdict a travesty of justice …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • travesty — UK [ˈtrævəstɪ] / US noun [singular] a situation, action, or event that shocks you because it is very different from what it should be or because it seems very unfair Jensen called the verdict a travesty of justice …   English dictionary

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