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Lampoon   Listen
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Lampoon  v. t.  (past & past part. lampooned; pres. part. lampooning)  To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in a work of art; to make (a person, behavior, or institution) the subject of a lampoon. "Ribald poets had lampooned him."
Synonyms: To libel; defame; satirize; lash.





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"Lampoon" Quotes from Famous Books



... heralding Addison's triumph of Cato with his admirable prologue, and heading the victorious procession as it were. Not content with this act of homage and admiration, he wanted to distinguish himself by assaulting Addison's enemies, and attacked John Dennis with a prose lampoon, which highly offended his lofty patron. Mr. Steele was instructed to write to Mr. Dennis and inform him that Mr. Pope's pamphlet against him was written quite without Mr. Addison's approval.(128) Indeed, The Narrative of Dr. Robert ...
— Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges • William Makepeace Thackeray


Words linked to "Lampoon" :   spoof, takeoff, lampoon artist, satirize, poke fun, rib, burlesque, make fun, satirise, pasquinade, imitation, impersonation, jest at, roast, travesty, sendup, blackguard, guy, lampooner, ridicule, mockery, laugh at, parody, put-on


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