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caricaturing

caricaturing is the present participle and gerund of caricature.

Meaning of caricature

Verb

caricature (third-person singular simple present caricatures, present participle caricaturing, simple past and past participle caricatured)

  1. To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.
    • Their faults grew suddenly perceptible, and their absurdities an unfailing subject of mimicry. All these, in his hands, became singularly amusing. Francesca, who had little knowledge, and no envy, of the individuals so relentlessly caricatured, could not help being entertained.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 180

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Questions about caricaturing

What is caricaturing the present participle and gerund of?
Caricaturing is the present participle and gerund of caricature.

Words near caricaturing in the dictionary

  1. caricature plant
  2. caricature plants
  3. caricatured
  4. caricatures
  5. caricaturesque
  6. caricaturing
  7. caricaturisation
  8. caricaturisations
  9. caricaturise
  10. caricaturised
  11. caricaturises

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