travesty[noun]Synonyms:- mockery, burlesque, caricature, distortion, lampoon, parody, perversion
[verb]Synonyms:- mock, burlesque, caricature, distort, lampoon, make a mockery of, parody, ridicule
Related Words: mimicry,
distortion,
exaggeration,
ridicule [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
trav‧es‧ty /ˈtrævəsti, ˈtrævɪsti/
noun (
plural travesties)
[countable usually singular][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: French;
Origin: travesti 'having the usual appearance changed', from travestir 'to disguise', from Italian travestire, from tra- 'across' (from Latin trans-) + vestire 'to clothe']
used in order to say that something is extremely bad and is not what it is claimed to be:
Their marriage was a complete travesty.travesty of O'Brien described his trial as a travesty of justice. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲