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travesty: make a travesty of

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derision collapse: the act of deriding or treating with contempt; contemptuous laughter

mock up collapse

misteach collapse

scribble collapse: an aimless drawing; poor handwriting; write down quickly without much attention to detail; write carelessly

understate collapse: represent as less significant or important

misstate collapse: state something incorrectly; "You misstated my position"

black humor collapse: the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect

pile it on collapse

talk big collapse

stretch the truth collapse

replica collapse: copy that is not the original; something that has been copied

overemphasis collapse: too much emphasis

paraphrase collapse: rewording for the purpose of clarification; express the same message in different words

oversell collapse

facsimile collapse: duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio; an exact copy or reproduction

misrepresent collapse: represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"

overestimate collapse: a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high; an appraisal that is too high; make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers"

lampoon collapse

go to extremes collapse

overdraw collapse: draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account"

overdo collapse: do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"

sarcasm collapse: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

falsify collapse: falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records"; prove false; "Falsify a claim"; make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

squib collapse: firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise

overreact collapse: show an exaggerated response to something; "Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy"

misquote collapse: quote incorrectly; "He had misquoted the politician"

heightening collapse

exorbitance collapse: excessive excess

imitate collapse: make a reproduction or copy of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"; appear like, as in behavior or appearance; "Life imitate art"

huckstering collapse

overstate collapse: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

irony collapse: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"; a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

libel collapse: the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks; a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person; print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him"

dilation collapse: the act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil of the eye"; a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic

grandiloquence collapse

belie collapse

hyperbole collapse: extravagant exaggeration

stretching collapse: act of expanding by lengthening or widening

overkill collapse: any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal; the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required

comedy collapse: light and humorous drama with a happy ending

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