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单词 travesty
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travesty

Is a travesty of justice about to unfold?Not only is it a travesty of diagnostic pathology but also it is a travesty of justice if the wrong information is given to the court.But the real travesty is Sam.Those men and women, many of them mums and dads, have paid a terrible price for what amounts to a shocking travesty of justice.It would be a travesty if this case were to undermine the confidence of victims.It would have been a complete travesty if she had won.Their trial was a travesty of justice.That would be a travesty of justice.What a total travesty of anything remotely resembling justice.Liberals insisted that their trial was a travesty of justice and called for their release.And that is a travesty of justice by any civilised standard.It is the travesty of justice which lets the guilty off so lightly that has galvanised public fury.To me, there is one great travesty in this situation.But United getting something out of the game would have been a travesty.The Prom was a travesty to two great band leaders.It's a complete travesty to change what happened.And maybe, it is not such a great travesty of justice if you go home.It is outrageous, unforgivable and a total travesty of the law.It is a travesty of a result but we play with style and it's a trifle early to worry yet.The thing is a travesty.TO be bishops and it's a complete travesty that they aren't already.

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travesty

British English: travesty NOUN
If you describe something as a travesty of another thing, you mean that it is a very bad representation of that other thing.
Her research suggests that his reputation today is a travesty of what he really stood for.
  • American English: travesty
  • Brazilian Portuguese: paródia
  • Chinese: 嘲弄
  • European Spanish: parodia
  • French: parodie
  • German: Travestie
  • Italian: parodia
  • Japanese: へたなまね
  • Korean: 억지 해석
  • European Portuguese: paródia
  • Latin American Spanish: parodia

(noun) 
Definition
a grotesque imitation or mockery
If he couldn't prepare his case properly the trial would be a travesty.
Synonyms
mockery
distortion
parody
a parody of a well-known soap opera
caricature
a chalk-drawn caricature of a pop-eyed judge brandishing a gavel
sham
send-up (British, informal)
a classic send-up of sixties rock
spoof (informal)
a spoof on Hollywood life
perversion
takeoff (informal)
an inspired takeoff of the two sisters
lampoon
his scathing lampoons of consumer culture
burlesque
The book read like a black comic burlesque.
(verb) 
Definition
to make or be a travesty of
Synonyms
mock
take off (informal)
distort
ridicule
I admire her for allowing them to ridicule her.
pervert
parody
It was easy to parody his rather pompous manner of speaking.
caricature
Her political career has been caricatured in the newspapers.
sham
deride
This theory is widely derided by conventional scientists.
send up (British, informal)
spoof (informal)
make fun of
make a mockery of
lampoon
He was lampooned for his short stature and political views.
burlesque
Seeparody

Nearby words of
travesty

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  • travelling
  • traverse
  • travesty
  • trawl
  • treacherous
  • treachery

Synonyms of 'travesty'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of caricature
Definition
to make a caricature of
Her political career has been caricatured in the newspapers.
Synonyms
parody,
take off (informal),
mock,
distort,
ridicule,
mimic,
send up (British, informal),
lampoon,
burlesque,
satirize
in the sense of deride
Definition
to speak of or treat with contempt or ridicule
This theory is widely derided by conventional scientists.
Synonyms
mock,
ridicule,
scorn,
knock (informal),
insult,
taunt,
sneer,
jeer,
disdain,
scoff,
detract,
flout,
disparage,
chaff,
gibe,
take the piss out of (taboo, slang),
pooh-pooh,
contemn
in the sense of lampoon
Definition
a piece of writing ridiculing a person
his scathing lampoons of consumer culture
Synonyms
satire,
parody,
caricature,
send-up (British, informal),
takeoff (informal),
skit,
squib,
burlesque,
pasquinade,
piss-take (informal)
in the sense of lampoon
Definition
to ridicule and criticize (someone) in a lampoon
He was lampooned for his short stature and political views.
Synonyms
ridicule,
mock,
mimic,
parody,
caricature,
send up (British, informal),
take off (informal),
make fun of,
squib,
burlesque,
satirize,
pasquinade,
take the piss (out of) (informal)
in the sense of parody
Definition
a piece of music or literature that mimics the style of another composer or author in a humorous way
a parody of a well-known soap opera
Synonyms
takeoff (informal),
imitation,
satire,
caricature,
send-up (British, informal),
spoof (informal),
lampoon,
skit,
burlesque,
piss-take (informal)
in the sense of parody
Definition
to make a parody of
It was easy to parody his rather pompous manner of speaking.
Synonyms
take off (informal),
mimic,
caricature,
send up (British, informal),
spoof (informal),
travesty,
lampoon,
poke fun at,
burlesque,
take the piss out of (taboo, slang),
satirize,
do a takeoff of (informal)
in the sense of ridicule
Definition
to make fun of or mock
I admire her for allowing them to ridicule her.
Synonyms
laugh at,
mock,
make fun of,
make a fool of,
humiliate,
taunt,
sneer at,
parody,
caricature,
jeer at,
scoff at,
deride,
send up (British, informal),
lampoon,
poke fun at,
take the piss (out of) (taboo, slang),
chaff,
take the mickey out of (informal),
satirize,
pooh-pooh,
laugh out of court,
make a monkey out of,
make someone a laughing stock,
laugh to scorn
in the sense of send-up
Definition
a parody or imitation
a classic send-up of sixties rock
Synonyms
parody,
take-off (informal),
satire,
mockery,
spoof (informal),
imitation,
skit,
mickey-take (informal)
in the sense of spoof
Definition
an imitation of a film, TV programme, etc., that exaggerates in an amusing way the most memorable features of the original
a spoof on Hollywood life
Synonyms
parody,
takeoff (informal),
satire,
caricature,
mockery,
send-up (British, informal),
travesty,
lampoon,
burlesque
in the sense of takeoff
Definition
an act of mimicry
an inspired takeoff of the two sisters
Synonyms
parody,
imitation,
send-up (British, informal),
mocking,
satire,
caricature,
spoof (informal),
travesty,
lampoon,
piss-take (informal)
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