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caricatural

caricatural adjective: having the character of a caricature.

Adjective

caricatural (comparative more caricatural, superlative most caricatural)

  1. Having the character of a caricature.
    • […] a Cuban feature-length animated film (by Juan Padron) that makes fun of horror and gangster movies in a bawdy and caricatural style.1988 May 20, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Vampires in Havana”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of caricatural

comparativemore caricatural
superlativemost caricatural

Origin of caricatural

From caricature + -al.

Words formed from caricatural

Words that rhyme with caricatural

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Questions about caricatural

What does caricatural mean?
Caricatural means having the character of a caricature.
What part of speech is caricatural?
Caricatural is an adjective.

Words near caricatural in the dictionary

  1. Caribs
  2. caricaceous
  3. Carical
  4. caricatura
  5. caricaturable
  6. caricatural
  7. caricaturally
  8. caricaturas
  9. caricature
  10. caricature plant
  11. caricature plants

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