English-Thai Dictionary

satire

N การ เหน็บแนม  การ เสียดสี  การเย้ยหยัน  การ ถากถาง  parody spoof farce kan-neb-neam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SATIRE

n.[L. satira; so named from sharpness, pungency. See Satyriasis. ] 1. A discourse or poem in which wickedness or folly is exposed with severity. It differs from lampoon and pasquinade, in being general rather than personal.
2. Severity of remark. It differs from sarcasm, in not expressing contempt or scorn.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SATIRE

Sat "ire (; in Eng. often, n. Etym: [L. satira, satura, fr. satura (sc. lanx ) a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, a medley, fr. satur full of food, sated, fr. sat, satis, enough: cf. F. satire. See Sate, Sad, a., and cf. Saturate. ]

 

1. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.

 

2. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.

 

Syn. -- Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade; burlesque; wit; humor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

satire

sat ire |ˈsaˌtīr ˈsæˌtaɪ (ə )r | ▶noun the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. See wit 1. • a play, novel, film, or other work that uses satire: a stinging satire on American politics. • a genre of literature characterized by the use of satire. • (in Latin literature ) a literary miscellany, esp. a poem ridiculing prevalent vices or follies. DERIVATIVES sat i rist |ˈsatərist |noun ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin satira, later form of satura ‘poetic medley. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

satire

satire |ˈsatʌɪə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. • [ count noun ] a play, novel, film, or other work which uses satire: a stinging satire on American politics. • a genre of literature characterized by the use of satire. • [ count noun ] (in Latin literature ) a literary miscellany, especially a poem ridiculing prevalent vices or follies. DERIVATIVES satirist noun ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin satira, later form of satura ‘poetic medley ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

satire

satire noun 1 a satire on Canadian politics: parody, burlesque, caricature, lampoon, skit; informal spoof, takeoff, sendup. 2 he has become the subject of satire: mockery, ridicule, derision, scorn, caricature; irony, sarcasm.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

satire

satire noun 1 a stinging satire on American politics: parody, burlesque, caricature, lampoon, skit, take-off, squib, travesty; informal spoof, send-up; Brit. vulgar slang piss-take; rare pasquinade, pasticcio. 2 in recent years, the phenomenon has become the subject of satire: mockery, ridicule, derision, scorn, caricature; irony, sarcasm.

 

Duden Dictionary

Satire

Sa ti re Substantiv, feminin , die |Sat i re |die Satire; Genitiv: der Satire, Plural: die Satiren lateinisch satira, älter: satura, eigentlich = mit verschiedenen Früchten gefüllte Schale (übertragen im Sinne von »bunte Mischung «)1 ohne Plural Kunstgattung (Literatur, Karikatur, Film ), die durch Übertreibung, Ironie und [beißenden ] Spott an Personen, Ereignissen Kritik übt, sie der Lächerlichkeit preisgibt, Zustände anprangert, mit scharfem Witz geißelt ein Meisterwerk, ein Meister der Satire | die Kunst der politischen Satire 2 künstlerisches Werk, das zur Gattung der Satire 1 gehört eine beißende, bittere, geistvolle Satire | er schreibt Satiren | eine Satire auf die Auswüchse des Konsumverhaltens

 

Satirendichter

Sa ti ren dich ter Substantiv, maskulin , der |Sat i rendichter |Dichter, der Satiren schreibt

 

Satirendichterin

Sa ti ren dich te rin Substantiv, feminin , die |Sat i rendichterin |weibliche Form zu Satirendichter

 

Satirenschreiber

Sa ti ren schrei ber Substantiv, maskulin , der |Sat i renschreiber |jemand, der Satiren schreibt

 

Satirenschreiberin

Sa ti ren schrei be rin Substantiv, feminin , die |Sat i renschreiberin |weibliche Form zu Satirenschreiber

 

French Dictionary

satire

satire n. f. nom féminin Écrit qui caricature une situation, une personne. SYNONYME diatribe ; pamphlet . Note Orthographique sat i re.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

satire

sat ire /sǽtaɪə r / (! 強勢は第1音節 ) 〖語源は 「寄せ集め 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U 【政治 時事問題などについての 】風刺 , 皮肉 «about , on » ▸ a combination of humor and satire ユーモアと皮肉の組み合せ .2 C «…についての » 風刺劇 [本 , 話 , 詩 ] «about , on » ; U 風刺文学 ▸ a political satire 政界を舞台にした風刺小説 [劇 ].