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Lampoon
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress. Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, And grieved to find herself decayed so soon. Dryden.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon. Ribald poets had lampooned him. Macaulay.
Synonyms: libel; defame; satirize; lash.