Travesty
noun, plural travesties.
1.
a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter.
2.
a literary or artistic composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model.
3.
any grotesque or debased likeness or imitation:
a travesty of justice.
verb (used with object), travestied, travestying.
4.
to make a travesty on; turn (a serious work or subject) to ridicule by burlesquing.
5.
to imitate grotesquely or absurdly.
noun (pl) -ties
1.
a farcical or grotesque imitation; mockery; parody
verb -ties, -tying, -tied
2.
(transitive) to make or be a travesty of
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