satirise
/ˈsæ.tɪ.ɹaɪz/
satirise verb: commonwealth standard spelling of satirize.
Verb
satirise (third-person singular simple present satirises, present participle satirising, simple past and past participle satirised)
- Commonwealth standard spelling of satirize.
- Nor are his ironic-human touches wanting. Almost at its birth he satirises, in his own quiet Swiftian way, an absurd tendency which has grown mightily since, and flourishes now: […]1919, George Saintsbury, A History of the French Novel, volume 2
- For his novel, Saro-Wiwa draws on the figure of the ingenu in order to satirise the evils and pettiness of war from an apparently naïve perspective, which conceals the biting criticism that prevails throughout the narration.2003, Juan Francisco Elices Agudo, “The Role of the Ingenu in the Construction of a Postcolonial Anti-War Satire: Ken Saro-Wiwa's Sozaboy”, in Ignacio Miguel Palacios Martínez, María José López...
Forms of satirise
| third-person singular present | satirises |
|---|---|
| present participle | satirising |
| past participle | satirised |
| past | satirised |
Origin of satirise
From satire + -ise.
Words formed from satirise
Questions about satirise
- What does satirise mean?
- Satirise means commonwealth standard spelling of satirize.
- What part of speech is satirise?
- Satirise is a verb.
- How do you pronounce satirise?
- Satirise is pronounced /ˈsæ.tɪ.ɹaɪz/.
- What is the past tense of satirise?
- The past tense of satirise is satirised.
Words near satirise in the dictionary
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