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Definition: Satirical |
SatiricalAdjective1. Exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "satirical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
Synonym: SatiricalSynonym: satiric (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Detraction | Adjective: detracting;Verb: defamatory, detractory, derogatory, deprecatory; catty; disparaging, libelous; scurrile, scurrilous; abusive; foul-spoken, foul-tongued, foul-mouthed; slanderous; calumnious, calumniatory; sarcastic, sardonic; sarcastic, satirical, cynical. |
Disapprobation | Satirical, sarcastic, sardonic, cynical, dry, sharp, cutting, biting, severe, withering, trenchant, hard upon; censorious, critical, captious, carping, hypercritical; fastidious; sparing of praise, grudging praise. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Satirical |
| English words defined with "satirical": Cabell, cartoon, Caustical ♦ Dame Muriel Spark, Daumier, digressive, discursive ♦ Evelyn Arthur Saint John Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, excursive ♦ Francois Rabelais ♦ goliard, Goliardery ♦ Honore Daumier ♦ James Branch Cabell, John Trumbull ♦ Lardner ♦ mime, mimic, mock, mockery, Muriel Sarah Spark, Muriel Spark ♦ parody ♦ Rabelais, rambling, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Ring Lardner, Ringgold Wilmer Lardner ♦ Sarcastical, satiric, satirically, Sheridan, Sirvente, sketch, spark ♦ take off, takeoff, Trumbull ♦ Waugh, William Wycherley, witty, Wycherley. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "satirical": Battle of the Poets, Bickerstaff ♦ Gargamelle ♦ Pantagruel', Piers Plowman, Polycraticon, Privolvans' ♦ Regiment de la Calotte ♦ SKIT, SQUIB, Subvolvans. (references) |
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Screenplays | There is this devastating satirical piece on that on the Op Ed page of the Times, it is devastating. (Manhattan; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman) | |
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Civil Liberties | Greece | Satirical and opposition newspapers routinely criticized the highest state authorities. (references) |
Morocco | The Government generally tolerates satirical and often stinging editorials in the opposition parties' dailies. (references) | |
Guinea | For example, the weekly satirical newspaper Le Lynx published front-page cartoons lampooning the President and senior government officials. (references) | |
Economic History | Senegal | The major popular independent newspapers include "Sud Quotidien," "Walf Fadjri," the satirical "Cafard Libéré," "Le Témoin," "Le Matin," and the economic weekly "Le Journal de l'Economie." National newspapers are in French with an occasional insert in ethnic languages. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Satirical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Satirical" is used about 186 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 186 | 22,556 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "satirical": proto-satirical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
news parody satirical | 30 |
cartoon satirical | 9 |
satirical | 6 |
love quote satirical | 6 |
poem satirical | 5 |
essay satirical | 5 |
newspaper satirical | 4 |
satirical humor | 3 |
news satirical | 3 |
satirical literature | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "satirical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 讽刺 (ironical, sarcasm, sarcastic, Sarcastical, satire, satiric). (various references) | |
Farsi | هزلی(satiric). (various references) | |
French | satirique (satiric). (various references) | |
German | satirisch (satiric), ironisch (ironic, ironical, ironically, ironicly, wry). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szatirikus (satiric), ironikus (ironic, ironical, remarks fraught with malice). (various references) | |
Indonesian | suka menyindir. (various references) | |
Italian | satirico (satiric, satirist). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 落首 (lampoon, satirical poem). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | らくしゅ (lampoon, receive, satirical poem). (various references) | |
Korean | '자 (sarcasm, satiric). (various references) | |
Manx | skittagh, grinderagh (grumble, mock, sarcastic, satirist, snarl, taunting), craidoilagh (derider, derisive, mocker, scornful). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atiricalsay.(various references) | |
Romanian | satiric (lampoonist, mocking, satiric, satirically, satirist). (various references) | |
Russian | сатирический (satiric). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | satiričan (satiric, spoof). (various references) | |
Spanish | satírico (lampooner, lampoonist, satiric, satirist, satyric, satyrical). (various references) | |
Swedish | satiriskt. (various references) | |
Ukranian | стиричний, глузливий (derisive, derisory, quizzical, sarcastic, sarcastical). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tr o phúng thích châm biếm (satiric), châm biếm (ironic, ironical, sardonic, satiric). (various references) | |
Welsh | dychan.gerdd (satire, satirical poem). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "satirical": satirically. (additional references) | |
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"Satirical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Asturica, Sathirakul, satorical, satrical, satrirical, satyrical, Sigiriya, statirical. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "satirical" (pronounced suti"rukul) |
| 6 | -i" r u k u l | miracle. |
| 5 | -r u k u l | allegorical, clerical, coracle, numerical, Oracle, oratorical, reciprocal. |
| 4 | -u k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, anarchical, anatomical, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, biochemical, chemical, Chronicle, clavicle, clinical, commonsensical, cortical, cuticle, diacritical, domical, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, follicle, geophysical, grammatical, hierarchical, hypothetical, impractical, maniacal, medical, meteorological, methodical, monocle, mythical, nautical, obstacle, particle, photochemical, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, quizzical, radical, receptacle, skeptical, spectacle, tentacle, typical, unequivocal. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, ankle, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, bifocal, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, comical, conical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, pickle, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: racialist. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-i-l-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: iatrical. | |
-2 letters: caritas, citrals, italics, lariats, latrias, satiric. | |
-3 letters: aaliis, altars, arista, astral, atrial, carats, casita, citral, craals, crista, iatric, italic, lariat, lascar, latria, racial, racist, rascal, ratals, riatas, rictal, sacral, scalar, sialic, silica, talars, tarsal, tarsia, tiaras, ticals, trails, triacs, trials. | |
-4 letters: aalii, acari, airts, alias, alist, altar, arias, arils, artal, astir, atlas, atria, carat, carls, carts, cilia, clast, clits, craal, iliac, laari, laics, lairs, laris, liars, licit, liras, litai, litas, raias, rails, ratal, rials, riata, sacra, salic, scart, sitar, stair, stria, tails, talar, talas, talcs, tarsi, tiara, tical, tirls, trail, triac, trial. | |
-5 letters: aals, acta, acts, ails, airs, airt, aits, alar, alas, alit, alts, arcs, aria, aril, arts, asci, carl, cars, cart, casa, cast, cats, cist, clit, cris, ilia, iris, lacs, laic, lair, lari, lars, last, lati, lats, liar, lira, liri, list, lits, raia, rail, rats, rial, rias, sail, salt, sari, sati, scar, scat, sial, silt, slat, slit, star, stir, tail, tala, talc, tali, tars, tics, tils, tirl, tsar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-i-l-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: alacrities, racialists. | |
+2 letters: ahistorical, aliteracies, carnalities, parasitical, patristical, piscatorial, racialistic, rascalities, satirically. | |
+3 letters: aoristically, articulacies, artistically, calibrations, capitularies, facilitators, lacrimations, naturalistic, plagiaristic. | |
+4 letters: acclimatizers, anticlericals, antiparticles, articulations, calligraphist, capillarities, cardinalities, cartilaginous, coplanarities, disarticulate, farcicalities, inarticulates, interglacials, magistratical, materialistic, misarticulate, oracularities, orgiastically, parasitically, parasiticidal, parasitologic, parfocalities, particularise, particularism, particularist, paternalistic, precapitalist, prismatically, quasiparticle, rationalistic, realistically, recapitalizes, sybaritically, theatricalism, vascularities. | |
+5 letters: aeroelasticity, altruistically, antibacterials, antihistorical, antimicrobials, antiradicalism, aphoristically, artificialness, avascularities, avuncularities, axisymmetrical, calligraphists, cartelizations, circumstantial, clarifications, classificatory, conspirational, conspiratorial, disarticulated, disarticulates, fractionalizes, inarticulacies, inartistically, intercalations, matriculations, misarticulated, misarticulates, moralistically, multiracialism, paralinguistic, particularised, particularises, particularisms, particularists, particularizes, practicalities, precapitalists, quasiparticles, reacclimatizes, reapplications, recalibrations, satisfactorily, secularization, theatricalisms, theatricalizes, traceabilities, tractabilities, ultrarealistic, urbanistically, valedictorians. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 74 69 72 69 63 61 6C |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- - .. .-. .. -.-. .- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110010 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a t i r i c a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0074 0069 0072 0069 0063 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536786758475696778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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