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What is another word for
burlesque
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▲
Adjective
Characterized by parody or satire
Involving the use of sarcasm, especially sardonically
Noun
A derisive art form that mocks by imitation
A variety entertainment show, usually including titillation
A performance intended to amuse or be funny
The creative use of words and ideas for humor, or the aptitude for such
An extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature, or drama
A staged form of entertainment
A nightclub or restaurant where cabaret is performed
A false front or fake act
Verb
To make a burlesque parody of
To tease, ridicule, or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner
To make untrue and slanderous comments about
Be theatrical
Make a performance of
To mock or express scorn at something or someone
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▲
Adjective
▲
Characterized by parody or satire
satirical
parodic
farcical
ironical
caricatural
comic
mock
hudibrastic
mocking
travestying
mock-heroic
“Aristophanes, in one of his pieces, has given us a
burlesque
parody of the plan of a perfect republic, as conceived by Protagoras and Plato.”
Adjective
▲
Involving the use of sarcasm, especially sardonically
ironic
sarcastic
sardonic
mocking
caustic
satirical
biting
derisive
scornful
scoffing
cynical
sharp
ironical
sneering
cutting
mordant
scathing
contemptuous
satiric
acerbic
wry
stinging
trenchant
dry
sarky
mordacious
bitter
pungent
acrid
acid
disparaging
keen
ridiculing
arrogant
chaffing
derisory
backhanded
twisted
incisive
critical
witty
backbiting
clever
defiant
jibing
poignant
spicy
uncomplimentary
tongue-in-cheek
double-edged
quick-witted
taunting
disrespectful
irreverent
spoof
Rabelaisian
humorous
farcical
lampooning
parodying
bantering
paradoxical
Hudibrastic
spoofing
pointed
barbed
snarky
jeering
nasty
smart-mouthed
corrosive
scalding
acidulous
smart-aleck
acerb
smart-alecky
offensive
disdainful
salty
vitriolic
tart
scorching
mean
carping
acidic
contumelious
skeptical
US
cynic
sceptical
UK
unkind
snide
sly
irascible
wise
acrimonious
spiteful
venomous
droll
severe
evil
malicious
catty
misanthropical
harsh
insulting
rude
razor-sharp
disingenuous
hurtful
pawky
cruel
wounding
brusque
pessimistic
misanthropic
detracting
twitting
saucy
scurrilous
captious
needling
austere
uncivil
savage
quizzical
slighting
ornery
weisenheiming
sneaky
subtle
deadpan
laconic
two-edged
with tongue in cheek
waggish
deprecating
apathetic
sour
sharp-tongued
low-key
matter-of-fact
quietly humorous
poker-faced
straight-faced
virulent
searing
astringent
waspish
polemic
rough
pithy
razor-edged
rapier-like
more ❯
Noun
▲
A derisive art form that mocks by imitation
parody
caricature
travesty
spoof
lampoon
mockery
satire
takeoff
imitation
skit
farce
pasquinade
pastiche
rib
distortion
sendup
pasticcio
mock
lampoonery
send-up
take-off
put-on
mimicry
impersonation
impression
ridicule
raillery
squib
banter
invective
dig
scoffing
sarcasm
irony
comeback
roast
put down
causticity
derision
scorn
contempt
disparagement
sham
sneering
mordancy
cut
cartoon
aspersion
criticism
wisecrack
censure
persiflage
chaffing
mocking
lampooning
acrimony
bitterness
acidity
sharpness
joke
acridity
play-on
acerbity
sketch
cynicism
play
rancor
US
superciliousness
act
corrosiveness
charade
misrepresentation
imitating
mordacity
pappyshow
taunt
pretence
UK
taunting
causticness
flouting
gibe
copy
trenchancy
pretense
US
mimicking
jest
aping
apery
simulation
personation
mime
rancour
UK
apology
witticism
wit
poor substitute
mimesis
brutality
forcefulness
directness
incisiveness
outspokenness
mickey-take
turn
piece
deception
comedy
takedown
pasquil
routine
number
item
excuse
masquerade
comedy sketch
performance
black humour
UK
copying
falsification
twist
perversion
false impression
pantomime
corruption
distorted representation
exaggerated representation
black humor
US
exaggerated drawing
distorted drawing
black comedy
exaggeration
mock-heroic
parroting
poor imitation
apology for
posture
mimetism
camouflage
excuse for
insult
slight
slur
barb
affront
epithet
indignity
outrage
slap
diss
brickbat
dis
offence
UK
offense
US
gird
dart
poke
name
personality
gibing
vitriol
mocking remark
teasing
disdain
joking
jeer
kidding
jeering
joshing
badinage
sneer
jibing
ragging
chaff
ribbing
laughter
sport
jab
slam
razz
swipe
kidology
sneers
taunts
chiacking
goofing
razzing
jibes
twitting
rally
needling
foolery
buffoonery
leer
sardonicism
winding up
parting shot
taking the mickey
pulling someone's chain
more ❯
“Le Notre's coat of arms is nothing if not a
burlesque
of heraldic traditions.”
Noun
▲
A variety entertainment show, usually including titillation
cabaret
extravaganza
spectacular
revue
vaudeville
burly
striptease
floor show
variety show
burlesque show
peep show
strip show
burly show
entertainment
show
skit
music hall
theatre
UK
theater
US
production
lampoon
presentation
satire
sketch show
“The idea came to him one night while attending a
burlesque
as the dancer came down the runway and the two spotlights converged on her.”
Noun
▲
A performance intended to amuse or be funny
humour
UK
humor
US
slapstick
comedy
satire
farce
pantomime
parody
travesty
caricature
pasquinade
skit
vaudeville
play
sitcom
knockabout
slapstick comedy
pratfall comedy
comic play
situation comedy
comic film
comic opera
light entertainment
horseplay
knockabout comedy
physical comedy
light comedy
buffoonery
takeoff
laffer
schtick
comic drama
send-up
gag show
field day
black comedy
spoof
squib
interlude
camp
mockery
mock
low comedy
broad comedy
high camp
low camp
campy art
clowning
visual comedy
more ❯
Noun
▲
The creative use of words and ideas for humor, or the aptitude for such
wit
repartee
raillery
wordplay
witticisms
pleasantry
puns
joke
wisecrack
quip
quips
sally
levity
satire
jokes
aphorism
lark
prank
pun
whimsicality
bon mot
jest
gag
witticism
crack
josh
funny
jape
giggle
rib
humor
US
laugh
yuck
yuk
nonsense
humour
UK
boffo
drollery
boff
waggery
boffola
nifty
killer
buffoonery
whimsy
ridiculousness
blague
chestnut
absurdity
banter
old chestnut
play on words
double entendre
funny story
thigh-slapper
epigram
knee-slapper
ha-ha
inside joke
shaggy-dog story
in-joke
one-liner
rib-tickler
anecdote
witty remark
fun
comeback
badinage
gibe
riposte
retort
comedy
amusement
remark
joking
jibe
rejoinder
facetiousness
return
clowning
dig
jesting
spoof
funny remark
kidding
smart remark
funniness
drollness
comicality
humorousness
jocularity
barb
wittiness
equivoque
gaiety
comicalness
paronomasia
jocoseness
flippancy
jeer
mockery
flash of wit
irony
clever remark
playfulness
happiness
taunt
tomfoolery
joyfulness
jocosity
lightness
ludicrousness
cutting remark
high spirits
ruse
hoax
uproariousness
aside
richness
zinger
insult
counter
slur
slight
insinuation
comic
play
hilarity
Atticism
hilariousness
amusing tale
retaliation
ridicule
sneer
slapstick
absurdness
sparkle
derision
amusingness
black humour
UK
funny side
comical aspect
comic side
black humor
US
sense of humor
the funny side
sense of fun
parting shot
foolishness
apophthegm
affront
entertainment
hoot
wile
witty comment
quirk
merriment
mot
squib
farce
shaggy dog story
practical joke
farcicality
good-natured remark
parody
yarn
sardonic remark
zaniness
smart crack
pithy remark
offence
UK
offense
US
motto
counterattack
witty communication
teasing
chaff
answer
response
reply
persiflage
sport
replication
ribbing
leg-pulling
japing
ragging
acknowledgement
UK
antiphon
joshing
kidology
lip
respond
reprisal
topper
roasting
chaffing
razzing
good-humoured mockery
asteism
lampoonery
cooler
acknowledgment
US
back talk
back answer
snappy comeback
innuendo
scoffing
jab
rag
slam
sarcasm
put down
ride
twit
tease
rank-out
razz
scoff
swipe
dump
calembour
ambiguity
pivot
quibble
amphibology
carriwitchet
clench
clinch
conundrum
nick
whim
pundigrion
conceit
double entente
jeu de mots
suggested meaning
figure of speech
figurative expression
double meaning
more ❯
Noun
▲
An extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature, or drama
extravaganza
spectacle
show
exhibition
pageant
display
presentation
spectacular
performance
festival
circus
gala
caricature
divertissement
musical
parody
variety
raree-show
flight of fancy
parade
event
carnival
exposition
fair
special
fireworks
fanfare
representation
pageantry
exhibit
expo
bazaar
demonstration
celebration
showing
trade fair
concert
acrobatics
pyrotechnics
production
hippodrome
kermis
revel
ceremony
demo
observance
occasion
centennial
procession
cavalcade
tableau
trade event
play
fete
showcase
scene
ritual
program
US
panoply
programme
UK
airing
convention
retrospective
charade
motorcade
make-believe
pomp
marketplace
county fair
tableau vivant
staging
mounting
viewing
world fair
biennale
arrangement
public display
sight
trade show
illustration
revelation
slide show
broadcast
televising
mart
rendition
playing
organizing
US
portrayal
recital
offering
sharing
march
screening
theatrical performance
organising
UK
show and tell
example
arrayal
manifestation
unfolding
array
spread
public presentation
tattoo
march-past
more ❯
Noun
▲
A staged form of entertainment
show
play
performance
musical
production
spectacle
act
opera
presentation
theatrical
cabaret
comedy
dance
drama
entertainment
matinee
piece
stage show
composition
concert
curtain-raiser
recital
revue
ceremony
offering
rehearsal
review
gig
public performance
staging
theatrical performance
musical comedy
film
musicale
farce
tragedy
prom
festival
rockfest
showpiece
screenplay
dramatization
US
teleplay
soapie
pantomime
jam session
music festival
musical performance
rock concert
promenade concert
musical entertainment
pop concert
masque
stage play
sketch
dramatisation
UK
potboiler
work
one-act
dramatic piece
hit
flop
smash hit
turkey
theatrical work
television drama
theatrical piece
smash
radio play
mask
soap opera
television play
more ❯
Noun
▲
A nightclub or restaurant where cabaret is performed
cabaret
cafe
club
nightclub
nightspot
niterie
supper club
bistro
nitery
roadhouse
café
discothèque
drum
honky-tonk
bar
disco
dive
hideaway
hot spot
nightery
speakeasy
tavern
clip joint
after-hours joint
live entertainment
night spot
watering hole
discotheque
joint
saloon
spot
casino
boîte
pub
country club
private club
theatre
UK
theater
US
restaurant
inn
hotspot
hotel
nite club
motel
cabaret club
greasy spoon
transport cafe
blind tiger
blind pig
hangout
juke joint
taproom
cantina
alehouse
dramshop
grogshop
barroom
drinkery
beer joint
watering place
public house
gin mill
cocktail lounge
juke house
pool hall
jook house
dance hall
establishment
venue
salon
place
beerhouse
local
locale
lounge
boozer
bierkeller
howff
rathskeller
hostelry
taphouse
wine bar
beer parlour
free house
pot-house
beverage room
drinking establishment
beer garden
ale house
tied house
parlor
US
location
parlour
UK
hole in the wall
more ❯
Noun
▲
A false front or fake act
sham
fakery
act
charade
con
facade
simulation
deceit
deception
façade
forgery
hoax
pretense
US
pretext
trick
dissembling
feint
flimflam
imposture
jive
lie
phoniness
pretence
UK
counterfeit
faking
feigning
fiction
humbug
imitation
sell
smoke
spoof
play-acting
false front
put-on
put-up job
cover-up
snow job
artifice
ruse
fraud
subterfuge
scam
wile
cheat
swindle
dodge
fake
bluff
stratagem
hustle
guise
masquerade
front
sting
manoeuvre
UK
bunco
show
maneuver
US
scheme
machination
racket
blind
device
ploy
veneer
fast one
dissimulation
trickery
affectation
disguise
illusion
misrepresentation
stunt
game
shamming
pose
appearance
mask
posture
dishonesty
contrivance
con trick
rip-off
false display
hypocrisy
insincerity
shift
semblance
wheeze
posturing
con game
kidology
veil
airs
cloak
fiddle
cheating
double-dealing
dirty trick
smokescreen
falsification
fix
shady deal
bamboozlement
pretension
make-believe
hoaxing
impression
leg-pull
playacting
expedient
grift
fabrication
phoney
UK
rort
duplicity
phony
US
gambit
fastie
deceitfulness
codology
falsity
display
window dressing
cover
public image
stall
cozening
set-up
whitewash
posing
confidence trick
pretentiousness
shell game
fast shuffle
canard
gimmick
smoke and mirrors
bunko
tactic
fraudulence
diddle
false colors
lurk
shakedown
chicanery
deceptiveness
cant
lying
blackmail
mendacity
hokum
invention
Trojan horse
gloss
face
look
red herring
dirty pool
exterior
sanctimoniousness
false colours
fetch
falsehood
sleight
prank
affectedness
imposition
chicane
plot
plan
flanker
artificiality
rig
schlenter
kite
Tartufferie
swizzle
boondoggle
decoy
duping
treachery
snare
extortion
bait
embezzlement
move
distraction
craft
wrong
hoodwinking
delusion
twist
image
hocus-pocus
piousness
sharp practice
empty talk
dirty work
pretending
snobbery
pretensions
air
inflation
grandiosity
superciliousness
ostentation
dissemblance
fancy
sweet talk
soft soap
false show
setup
bluffing
hanky-panky
exaggeration
side
a put-on
snootiness
uppishness
game plan
crooked deal
cunning plan
a put-up job
lack of veracity
false excuse
false appearance
going Hollywood
showing off
unnatural imitation
airs and graces
assumed manners
putting on airs
play
skullduggery
skulduggery
swindling
sellout
quackery
layer
charlatanry
ramp
swizz
duck
intrigue
snow
jiving
exploitation
plant
frame
jazz
baloney
hosing
roguery
knavery
evasion
stealing
caper
jig
mere show
mock attack
joke
disguisement
window-dressing
coloring
US
double-cross
acting
angle
fraudulent scheme
putting on a front
assuming a front
colouring
UK
frame-up
attitude
performance
shenanigans
scenario
double cross
cover up
run around
stance
switch
rip off
bill of goods
curveball
sucker game
perfidy
rug pull
fantasy
falseness
booby trap
phoneyness
chaser
hamming
dissimilation
oldest trick in the book
disingenuousness
daydreaming
dream
imagination
unreality
quiz
hollowness
lies
propaganda
dido
guile
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
dreaming
romancing
strategy
erroneousness
arrogance
lure
deviation
disturbance
distractor
commotion
diversion
interruption
shuck and jive
uncandidness
sanctimony
flim-flam
attention-grabber
self-deception
curve ball
false face
smoke screen
false clue
fool's errand
false trail
wild-goose chase
diversionary tactic
misleading clue
design
foxiness
wiliness
disguising
counterfeiting
cunningness
crookedness
cunning
dupery
crookery
craftiness
cozenage
concealing
masking
guilefulness
fallacy
simulacrum
feeling
misperception
hiding
concealment
shrouding
veiling
system
barratry
monkeyshine
crime
criminality
string
pageant
fairy tale
story
role-playing
villainy
false impression
tactics
method
pietism
suppression
camouflage
foul play
venture
programme
UK
arrangement
project
machinations
program
US
manoeuvring
UK
conspiracy
blueprint
bad deed
funny business
pharisaicalness
dirty deeds
enterprise
maneuvering
US
deceptive appearance
hoky-poky
cruel act
song and dance
snake oil
wooden nickel
crafty designs
course of action
road map
secret plan
ground plan
plan of action
line of action
master plan
grand design
outward appearance
pomposity
Pharisaism
mere façade
hypocriticalness
tokenism
pecksniffery
lip service
sham holiness
pious platitudes
affected piety
hypocritical statement
false piety
trap
catch
bilk
ride
shuck
mare's nest
confidence game
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make a burlesque parody of
mock
ridicule
parody
caricature
satirise
UK
satirize
US
lampoon
mimic
travesty
spoof
imitate
do
ape
exaggerate
send up
take off
make fun of
make a monkey out of
take the piss out of
impersonate
personate
mime
play
enact
copy
perform
ditto
represent
act
portray
put on
pose as
do an impression of
distort
sham
fake
monkey
interpret
masquerade as
personify
characterize
US
dramatize
US
characterise
UK
dramatise
UK
play act
play a part
act out
put on an act
affect
pervert
feign
guy
assume
misrepresent
simulate
mirror
roast
pretend
pasquinade
poke fun at
do like
pass oneself off as
make like
strut
star
emote
mug
act like
pretend to be
take part
play gig
play role
tread the boards
play part
pastiche
send-up
hoke
play on
make a mockery of
squib
deride
caricaturize
rag
tease
jape
rail
disparage
playact
embody
laugh at
take the mickey
purport to be
represent oneself as
profess to be
do a twist on
double as
assume character
pass off
dress as
make a fool of
do a takeoff of
appear
act a part
take the part of
play a role
be an actor
go over
bring down the house
stooge
be on
be one of the cast
play the part of
put it over
ham
be an actress
ham it up
do a turn
go on
make debut
rehearse
emulate
reflect
repeat
copycat
parrot
pantomime
model after
do likewise
pattern after
make believe
follow in footsteps
do an impression
try to be like
go like
do an impersonation of
play-act
play to the gallery
follow
reproduce
counterfeit
depict
echo
render
follow suit
follow the example of
pass for
present
take after
duplicate
follow in the footsteps of
dissemble
epitomize
US
epitomise
UK
exhibit
take as a model
take as an example
show
clone
adopt
reduplicate
bluff
replicate
execute
model
mimeo
masquerade
display
exemplify
pattern yourself after
symbolise
UK
symbolize
US
picture
model yourself on
follow in someone's steps
assume the role
take a leaf out of someone's book
put on airs
make out like
jump on the bandwagon
profess
stage
manifest
play at
typify
incarnate
give the appearance of
cheat
produce
evince
pretend to have
reenact
adapt
delude
follow example
profess to have
defraud
develop
do a take-off
behave like
act as
detail
outline
describe
give a picture of
illustrate
rip off
pattern oneself on
image
take as a pattern
perform as
be inspired by
become
take as a role model
take on
pose
improvise
illuminate
delineate
take leaf out of book
lay on
posture
act the part of
take the role of
appear as
come to have
turn into
are
match
front
parallel
present as
purport
approximate
recreate
put it on
forge
make as if
put on a front
make up
plagiarize
US
dupe
carbon
stat
manifold
plagiarise
UK
trace
photocopy
come close to
Photostat
knock off
Xerox
make a copy of
make a replica of
more ❯
“To attempt to
burlesque
that which is in itself deserving of veneration, is to render one's self most criminal.”
Verb
▲
To tease, ridicule, or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner
make fun of
mock
ridicule
tease
deride
kid
rib
chaff
taunt
josh
satirise
UK
satirize
US
rag
lampoon
twit
razz
rally
parody
mimic
caricature
quiz
guy
smoke
heckle
rot
laugh at
scoff at
jeer at
poke fun at
jibe at
send up
wind up
rag on
goof on
make jokes about
poke mullock at
take the mickey
make sport of
be sarcastic about
sling off at
make a monkey of
scorn
joke
pillory
flout
chiack
treat with contempt
sneer at
treat contemptuously
laugh to scorn
take the piss out of
laugh
banter
jibe
imitate
take off
make a joke of
make a game of
heap scorn on
torment
snigger at
pooh-pooh
smile at
snicker at
pull someone's chain
wisecrack
divert
gibe
jeer
jolly
jive
entertain
prank
pull someone's leg
gag
haze
fool
flip
jape
jest
mess around
fun
quip
amuse
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make untrue and slanderous comments about
malign
slander
vilify
defame
traduce
smear
denigrate
disparage
calumniate
libel
slur
asperse
discredit
sully
besmirch
stain
blacken
taint
tarnish
stigmatise
UK
stigmatize
US
scandalise
UK
scandalize
US
befoul
derogate
revile
slight
misrepresent
vilipend
badmouth
backbite
caricature
mudsling
villainize
bad-mouth
speak ill of
drag through the mire
drag through the mud
run down
cast aspersions on
give a black eye
fling mud at
sling mud at
speak evil of
spread scandal about
give a bad name
tear down
tell lies about
do a hatchet job on
throw mud at
write false reports about
spread tales about
mark wrong
drag name through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
drag someone's name through the mire
sully someone's reputation
taint someone's name
tarnish someone's name
run a smear campaign against
blacken someone's name
accuse falsely
cast aspersion
spread lies about
sully someone's name
blacken someone's character
soil someone's name
stain someone's good name
injure the reputation of
knock
rubbish
decry
dishonour
UK
belittle
dishonor
US
slag off
attack
disgrace
injure
degrade
censure
blot
reproach
smirch
assail
slam
impugn
defile
debase
vituperate
insult
bring into disrepute
damage
roast
besmear
shame
disrespect
abuse
deride
detract
bring discredit to
muckrake
do a number on
pan
lower
dump on
spot
blister
cast a slur on
soil
bring shame on
bring shame upon
spoil
slate
put down
scorch
rip
blotch
reduce
criticize
US
breathe on
reflect badly on
run smear campaign
rip up and down
tar and feather
blacken the name of
bash
diss
berate
lambaste
criticise
UK
offend
trash
minimize
US
pour scorn on
discount
speak badly of
pull apart
sully the reputation of
have a go at
condemn
minimise
UK
embarrass
trash-talk
deprecate
inveigh against
depreciate
blast
dis
taunt
jump on
tear into
take to pieces
curse
blacken the reputation of
blemish
hit out at
conduct a smear campaign against
ridicule
mock
flame
denounce
poison
undermine
cut to the quick
pull to pieces
pillory
poor-mouth
blaspheme
castigate
rail against
excoriate
fulminate against
hammer
lambast
hurt
monster
back-bite
skewer
pummel
US
bag
belie
lay into
dismiss
scathe
savage
rebuke
contemn
potshot
nag
scold
belabor
US
diminish
humiliate
pummelled
UK
mortify
sneer
upbraid
throw brickbats at
zing
blacken the character of
snub
rap
oppress
reprove
persecute
abase
demonize
US
demonise
UK
miscall
prejudice
slang
belabour
UK
hose
sling mud
be rude to
sneer at
play down
call names
do down
talk down
cry down
kiss off
rip up
write off
lampoon
accuse
gossip
lie
spite
backstab
lie about
slag
gossip about
put zingers on
cast slur on
ruin
blackguard
destroy
ride
undervalue
trivialize
US
drag through mud
underestimate
underrate
scorn
deflate
disdain
downgrade
cut down
blow off
shout at
cuss out
swear at
vituperate against
marginalize
US
minify
misprize
trivialise
UK
marginalise
UK
brand
insinuate
affront
detract from
annoy
provoke
outrage
pooh-pooh
hold cheap
laugh off
scoff at
treat lightly
make light of
put hooks in
laugh at
pick holes in
aggravate
humble
sink
foul
chasten
cheapen
demean
wound
cut up
criticize unfairly
give black eye
bad mouth
upset
skin alive
disfavor
US
disregard
put in a bad light
give a bad name to
make someone eat crow
take down a peg
take down a peg or two
desecrate
disfavour
UK
take down
own
cause to lose face
cut down to size
show up
attaint
lose face
put someone in their place
kick in the teeth
slap in the face
hit where one lives
slap
tease
irritate
disoblige
strumpet
plaster
hit
sledge
gird
jeer
scoff
give offence to
cause offence to
cut dead
treat disrespectfully
hurt somebody's feelings
step on one's toes
throw shade
defame someone's character
dig
jinx
dress down
rag on
call down
more ❯
Verb
▲
Be theatrical
ham it up
exaggerate
overdo it
overplay
caricature
chew the scenery
chew up the scenery
emote
ham
melodramatize
overact
tear a cat
theatricalize
travesty
lay it on thick
mug
go overboard
overemphasise
UK
overemphasize
US
make a production of
camp it up
pile it on
lay it on with a trowel
overplay it
dramatise
UK
dramatize
US
express emotion
act
overdramatize
Verb
▲
Make a performance of
dramatize
US
exaggerate
overdo
overstate
amplify
sensationalise
UK
sensationalize
US
catastrophize
embellish
embroider
hyperbolize
inflate
magnify
overemphasise
UK
overemphasize
US
overplay
overstress
aggrandize
color
US
colour
UK
elaborate
gild
heighten
play-act
act
blow up
dress up
enact
execute
expand on
farcialize
melodramatize
perform
playact
present
produce
show
splash
stage
touch up
tragedize
ham up
lay on
play up
give color to
ham it up
lay it on
lay it on thick
make a performance of
play on heartstrings
play to gallery
play to the gallery
make a big thing out of
make a production of
blow up out of all proportion
make a mountain out of a molehill
overdraw
stretch
pad
overestimate
build up
fudge
enhance
puff
emphasize
US
expand
enlarge
emphasise
UK
make too much of something
elaborate on
stretch the truth
lay it on with a trowel
blow out of proportion
overpitch
make a drama out of a crisis
overdramatize
misrepresent
boost
misreport
exalt
pyramid
falsify
pile it on
lie
romanticize
US
put on
make a big thing of
romanticise
UK
blow something out of all proportion
make a production out of
overact
distort
oversell
overuse
intensify
overvalue
maximize
US
fabricate
overwork
brag
boast
misquote
hike
maximise
UK
overrate
over-elaborate
varnish
add colour
make a federal case of
overembellish
lay it on with a shovel
draw the longbow
shoot a line
draw the long bow
flesh out
make federal case
make a big deal out of something
make a big thing of it
blow it out of all proportion
overstate the case
emphasize too much
magnify importance
make a song and dance about
make a fuss
puff up
increase
make a mountain out of
emote
accentuate
give someone a sob story
augment
extend
swell
pump up
add detail to
blow-up
enlarge on
exaggerate information
go into detail about
spread on thick
distend
ginger up
overelaborate
yeast
add flesh to
jazz up
escalate
mug
accent
express emotion
cram
surcharge
widen
fill
bloat
balloon
spread
point up
beef up
drive up
swell up
go up
get carried away
labor at
disguise
pervert
garble
manipulate
go overboard with
belabour
UK
carry
do to death
pile on
overload
overreach
camp up
overburden
overtax
overindulge
hype
fatigue
belabor
US
overtire
pressure
misrelate
poison
misstate
airbrush
belie
bend
fake
massage
strain
cook
misinterpret
talk big
strain yourself
pull the longbow
go overboard
drive oneself
make a thing about
make a thing of
run riot
wear down
go too far
make a big thing about
bite off too much
run into the ground
quote out of context
take out of context
put a spin on
give a false account of
gloss over
give a recitation
recite
say a poem
corrupt
up
overexaggerate
caricature
scam
romance
cook up
pile it on about
pretty up
go to extremes
loud talk
lay it on thick about
big up
lay it on with a trowel about
dramatise
UK
overdo it
stress
chew the scenery
tear a cat
ham
warp
twist
strengthen
attach too much importance to
slant
spin
promote
overpraise
deepen
labor
US
labour
UK
redouble
highlight
consolidate
underline
step up
dwell on
harp on
amp up
attach too much weight to
alter
raise
multiply
travesty
doctor
change
compound
adulterate
rise
fill out
impress
add to
fiddle
tamper with
broaden
fix
brighten
over-praise
con
palter
prevaricate
equivocate
intensate
jack up
hike up
rouse
trump up
phony up
expound on
go on about
lay too much emphasis on
harp on about
place too much emphasis on
go on
drive home
chew up the scenery
theatricalize
stretch a point
blow up out of proportion
detail
expound
allow too much for
evolve
develop
mount
overcalculate
explicate
lay too much stress on
forge
interlard
dilate
make something out of nothing
acclaim
go over the top about
go on and on about
counterfeit
sweeten
applaud
praise
over-embroider
over-embellish
over-colour
invent
overplay it
concentrate
idealize
US
give substance to
debase
sharpen
reinforce
give details
overwrite
run up
jump up
vitiate
advance
fester
contravene
salt
put on an act
rig
traverse
gloss
deacon
four-flush
fake it
deceive
contort
frame up
fib
overcharge
camp it up
exacerbate
aggravate
idealise
UK
bias
soft-soap
quicken
worsen
gain strength
inflame
pick up
embellish the truth
sweet-talk
give fulsome praise
pay extravagant compliments
lay on with a trowel
heat up
lighten
pour it on
set off
spike
darken
add fuel
make worse
whet
point
tone up
heap on
skew
confuse
make much of
angle
mangle
snow
miscolor
conceal
cloak
mask
dress
glorify
parody
coat
grace
overprize
foreground
deck
window-dress
adorn
enrich
sugar-coat
camouflage
underscore
blow smoke
pass off
cover up
give a false idea of
accelerate
spotlight
feature
supersize
stoke
punctuate
supplement
garnish
beautify
ornament
bedeck
press
illuminate
exceed
overreckon
overassess
rate too highly
assess too highly
think
overesteem
italicize
US
juggle
begild
engild
plate
paint
aureate
overlay
wash
tinsel
whitewash
aurify
glitter
exaggerate the worth of
patch
italicise
UK
add
expatiate
focus attention on
give prominence to
call attention to
draw attention to
turn spotlight on
bring to the fore
lay emphasis on
put emphasis on
bring attention to
interfere with
think too highly of
expect too much of
praise too highly
think too much of
exaggerate the merits of
prize too highly
tinker with
fiddle with
turn up
soup up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To mock or express scorn at something or someone
snigger
sneer
ridicule
scorn
deride
taunt
jeer
gibe
scoff
insult
disdain
twit
disparage
lampoon
slight
affront
belittle
gird
detract
underrate
caricature
crack
decry
dump
fleer
flout
jest
laugh
rally
satirise
UK
satirize
US
slam
swipe
travesty
laugh at
quip at
rank out
sneeze at
sniff at
hold in contempt
give Bronx cheer
hold up to ridicule
look down on
turn up one's nose
put down
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