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Definitions for Caricatural
[1] a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
[2] the art or process of producing such pictures, descriptions, etc.
[3] any imitation or copy so distorted or inferior as to be ludicrous.
[4] to make a caricature of; represent in caricature.
[5] a pictorial, written, or acted representation of a person, which exaggerates his characteristic traits for comic effect
[6] a ludicrously inadequate or inaccurate imitation he is a caricature of a statesman
[7] (tr) to represent in caricature or produce a caricature of
Words related to Caricatural
caricaturefarfetched, abstract, overblown, preposterous, melodramatic, pretentious, extravagant, distorted, excessive, inflated, unrealistic, overwrought, false, hyperbolic, fabricated, stylized, mocking, comic, mock, exalted
Words nearby Caricatural
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Origin of Caricatural
e1740–50; earlier caricatura < Italian, equivalent to caricat(o) loaded, i.e., distorted (past participle of caricare; see charge) + -ura -ure
Words that may be confused with Caricatural
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, caricatureburlesque, caricature, cartoon, parody, satire, (see, synonym, study, at, burlesque)
Other words from Caricatural
car·i·ca·tur·a·ble , adjective
car·i·ca·tur·al , adjective
car·i·ca·tur·ist , noun
self-car·i·ca·ture , noun
sem·i·car·i·ca·tur·al , adjective
un·car·i·ca·tured , adjective
Word origin for Caricatural
eC18: from Italian caricatura a distortion, exaggeration, from caricare to load, exaggerate; see cargo
Synonyms for Caricatural
comic, mock, mocking, travestying, ironical, ludicrous, parodic, satirical