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Showing words for BURLESQUE using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Burlesque

burlesque

7 Letter Words for Burlesque

brusque, queuers, subrule

6 Letter Words for Burlesque

beslur, brulee, brules, burele, ebulus, erebus, queers, queuer, queues, rebels, reblue, rubels, rubles, sequel, serule, squeel

5 Letter Words for Burlesque

beers, belue, beres, blees, blere, bluer, blues, blurs, brees, brule, bulse, burel, burls, burse, eques, equus, erubs, euler, eurus, lebes, leers, leres, lubes, lures, luser, queer, querl, queue, rebel, rebus, reels, reles, resue, reuse, rubel, rubes, ruble, rubus, rules, sleer, sluer, slurb, suber, usque, usure

4 Letter Words for Burlesque

beer, bees, bels, bere, blee, bleu, blue, blur, bree, bure, burl, burs, eels, elbe, else, eres, erse, erub, eure, leer, lees, lere, lese, lube, lues, lure, lurs, qere, ques, rebs, reel, rees, rube, rubs, rues, rule, ruse, sebe, seel, seer, sele, serb, sere, slee, slub, slue, slur, suer, sulu, sure, ules, ulus, urbs, ures, urus, usee, user

3 Letter Words for Burlesque

bee, bel, ber, bes, bls, brl, bul, bur, bus, ebs, eel, eer, elb, els, ere, ers, ese, esq, esr, esu, lbs, lee, ler, les, leu, lub, lue, lur, qrs, que, reb, ree, rel, req, res, rle, rub, rue, sbe, see, sel, seq, ser, sle, sub, sue, suq, sur, ule, ulu, urb, ure, urs, use, usu

Definitions for Burlesque

[1] an artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity.
[2] any ludicrous parody or grotesque caricature.
[3] Also bur·lesk . a humorous and provocative stage show featuring slapstick humor, comic skits, bawdy songs, striptease acts, and a scantily clad female chorus.
[4] involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject.
[5] of, relating to, or like stage-show burlesque.
[6] to make ridiculous by mocking representation.
[7] to use caricature.
[8] an artistic work, esp literary or dramatic, satirizing a subject by caricaturing it
[9] a ludicrous imitation or caricature
[10] a play of the 17th–19th centuries that parodied some contemporary dramatic fashion or event
[11] Also: burlesk US and Canadian theatre a bawdy comedy show of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: the striptease eventually became one of its chief elements Slang name: burleycue
[12] of, relating to, or characteristic of a burlesque
[13] to represent or imitate (a person or thing) in a ludicrous way; caricature

Words related to Burlesque

spoof, travesty, farce, mocking, comic, mock, caricature, mockery, vaudeville, strip, satire, lampoon, takeoff, pastiche, parody, revue, ludicrous, satirical, ironical, caricatural

Words nearby Burlesque

burlap, burlecue, burled, burleigh, burleson, burlesque, burletta, burley, burleycue, burlingame, burlington

Origin of Burlesque

1650–60; < French < Italian burlesco, equivalent to burl(a ) jest (perhaps < Spanish; cf. burladero) + -esco -esque

Words that may be confused with Burlesque

burlesque, caricature, cartoon, parody, satire, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)

Other words from Burlesque

bur·lesque·ly , adverb
bur·lesqu·er , noun
pre·bur·lesque , adjective
un·bur·lesqued , adjective

Word origin for Burlesque

C17: from French, from Italian burlesco , from burla a jest, piece of nonsense

Synonyms for Burlesque

comic, mock, mocking, travestying, caricatural, ironical, ludicrous, parodic, satirical