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[ noun ] witty language used to convey insults or scorn
Synonyms Examples "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"--Johathan Swift Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)More_than a beautiful visualization of the illustrious adventures and escapades of the tragi-comic knight-errant and his squire , Sancho_Panza , in seventeenth century Spain , this inevitably abbreviated rendering of the classic satire on chivalry is an affectingly warm and human exposition of character . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)In them , there is usually a group of Anglo-Americans with tragicomic problems , worthy of being explored either in the novel or in the play or in comedy and satire '' . `` The political and intellectual Left began fighting humor and comedy years ago , because they fear things they do not understand and cannot manage , such_as satire and irony , such_as humor and comedy . There is a bitter satire for a future writer in that '' . `` Great satire has always been clearly written and readily understandable '' , I said . Related terms |
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