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    satirical
    [ adj ]
    exposing human folly to ridicule
    <adj.all>
    a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine


    Satiric \Sa*tir"ic\, Satirical \Sa*tir"ic*al\, a. [L. satiricus:
    cf. F. satirique.]
    1. Of or pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a
    satiric style.

    2. Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting.
    ``Satirical rogue.'' --Shak.

    Syn: Cutting; caustic; poignant; sarcastic; ironical; bitter;
    reproachful; abusive.
    -- {Sa*tir"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
    {Sa*tir"ic*al*ness}, n.

    1. Theater troupes perform satirical plays about his tenure.
    2. This was the first success of the George and Ira Gershwin partnership, dating from 1924, before the brothers were so ambitious as to take on shows like Let 'em eat cake - topical, satirical musicals, with a message.
    3. The title track, despite its satirical intent, is absolutely faithful to the old sound.
    4. The offbeat survey was taken by telephone by the firm of Penn & Schoen Associates for Spy, a New York-based monthly magazine modeled loosely on Private Eye, the highly successful British satirical bimonthly.
    5. Earlier this month, a Mexican comedian opened a satirical play called "The Simpson Law Doesn't Bother Me" before an audience of about 100 Latinos in heavily Hispanic north Houston.
    6. Featured will be the fast-talking Ben Elton and the satirical puppet troupe "Spitting Image," among others.
    7. Like many other post-1960s comedians, Ms. Barr boasts of having an "edge," or a satirical thrust.
    8. Other works include "The Burn," about a young boy who grew up in Moscow and in Stalin's labor camps, the satirical novel "The Island of Crimea," and "In Search of Melancholy Baby," about his emigre life.
    9. Topolski decided to settle in Britain when he first came to London in 1935 to cover the jubilee celebrations of King George V for a Polish satirical newspaper.
    10. Carl Hiaasen is one of the newer and most successful members, a Miami journalist with a wild satirical humour.
    11. A jury awarded the wife of British mass killer Peter Sutcliffe, the so-called "Yorkshire Ripper," a record $942,000 in libel damages Wednesday against a satirical magazine, Private Eye.
    12. Funny, satirical, highly inventive. Having just broken out of another closed world myself - the Venice Film Festival - I belatedly commend two recent UK openings.
    13. Bron is always a charmer; but she could be so much more. As sociology and as politics, but not as entertainment, let me recommend the late-night Moulin Russ, a satirical cabaret given by half-a-dozen Moscow University Student Show.
    14. When he won a libel case last year against the satirical magazine Private Eye, he celebrated by publishing Not Private Eye, his own 28-page magazine version of the trial.
    15. It's just that I could not support the war in Vietnam." Some of his satirical work would be considered tame today, he said.
    16. John White's grinding 'Cycling to Work' offers satirical social comment.
    17. And Lawson thinks that is funny? It might sound like an obvious recipe for success; Lawson, a journalist, writes a satirical play about politics.
    18. Tass identified the three as Zhores A. Medvedev, a biologist and author; Vladimir E. Maximov, a novelist and human rights activist; and Alexander A. Zinoviev, a satirical novelist and professor of logic.
    19. The game, called "Building a Monument to Stalin," takes satirical aim at the relics of Communist rule - Marxist education, the secret police, bureaucratic pettiness and corruption.
    20. Following the 105-year-old club's tradition, the journalists hurled satirical barbs at the prominent government officials and political figures they cover every day.
    21. Young's satirical "This Note's for You" won the coveted best video award, although MTV once banned the video, ostensibly because it contained commercial messages.
    22. She also wrote satirical verse.
    23. O'Connor played Archie Bunker in the 1970s hit "All in the Family," a trailblazing comedy that took a satirical look at bigotry.
    24. Brighton was lucky enough to see this Albert Herring on April 10, the very day when Lady Billows and her fellow village worthies meet to elect a Queen of the May: a satirical observation, perhaps, on election week. Opera 80 is on tour in England.
    25. The theater offerings include a one-man show by Paul Zaloom who takes a satirical look at contemporary life.
    26. An unseemly number of grown-ups have adopted the show, too, drawn to its sardonic and satirical bent.
    27. In recent weeks, a campaign begun by a satirical newspaper to "elect" a chimpanzee in the Rio Zoo as mayor has gained national attention as a sign of Brazilians' lack of confidence in politicians in general.
    28. Applicants must be successful in a particular field, donate $100 to their prospective alma mater and buy a subscription to the Hillbilly, which offers a mix of news, poetry and a satirical column written by Comstock.
    29. The songs were satirical looks at world events and received wide play.
    30. The satirical Spy magazine reported this month that 5 percent of the Americans it had polled said they would sacrifice a finger for a big part in a movie.
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