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3 letters

APE
Represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

ACT
Something that people do or cause to happen

RIB
Subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

FUN
Violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun"

4 letters

JOKE
A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

JEST
Activity characterized by good humor

JEER
Showing your contempt by derision

MIME
A performance using gestures and body movements without words

SHOW
Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show"

SKIT
A short theatrical episode

COPY
Matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials

MOCK
The act of mocking or ridiculing; "they made a mock of him"

5 letters

ROAST
Negative criticism

SQUIB
Firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise

SHEIK
A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

PUTON
Increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"

SPOOF
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

MIMIC
Someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)

FARCE
Mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs

TRICK
(card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner

IRONY
Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

6 letters

DERIDE
Treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"

SENDUP
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

SATIRE
Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

PLAYON

7 letters

LAUGHAT
Subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

APOLOGY
A poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"

IMITATE
Appear like, as in behavior or appearance; "Life imitate art"

CARTOON
A film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence

PRETEND
The enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend"

MIMICRY
The act of mimicking; imitative behavior

DRAWING
The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

PORTRAY
Portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"

PASQUIL

DISTORT
Affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

LAMPOON
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

MOCKERY
Showing your contempt by derision

TAKEOFF
A departure; especially of airplanes

CHARADE
A word acted out in an episode of the game of charades

8 letters

TRAVESTY
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

RIDICULE
The act of deriding or treating with contempt

SATIRISE
Ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal"

NONSENSE
Ornamental objects of no great value

DERISION
The act of deriding or treating with contempt

PRETENSE
An artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

TAKEDOWN
A crushing remark

PASTICHE
A musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources

RAILLERY
Light teasing repartee

SATIRIZE
Ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal"

9 letters

MAKEFUNOF

DISPARAGE
Express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"

INVECTIVE
Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will

SPECTACLE
A blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself

IMITATION
Something copied or derived from an original

REPRESENT
Describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"

POKEFUNAT

BURLESQUE
A theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)

10 letters

CARICATURE
Represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

PASQUINADE
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

IMPRESSION
An impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician"

MOCKHEROIC

SIMULATION
The act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)

EXAGGERATE
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

11 letters

EXTRAVAGANT
Recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"

DESCRIPTION
A statement that represents something in words

IMPERSONATE
Assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

12 letters

ENTERTAINING
Agreeably diverting; "an entertaining puppet show"; "films should be entertaining"

EXTRAVAGANZA
Any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment

17 letters

MISREPRESENTATION
A willful perversion of facts