8 Letter Words for Travesty
travesty
7 Letter Words for Travesty
travest, vatters, yatters
6 Letter Words for Travesty
aretts, astert, atresy, attery, averts, estray, reasty, starty, starve, starvy, stater, staver, stayer, stayre, strate, strave, taster, taters, tavers, tavert, testar, tetras, traves, treats, treaty, tryste, vaster, vatter, versta, vestry, yarest, yatter
5 Letter Words for Travesty
arest, arets, arett, artsy, aster, astre, atter, attry, avers, avert, ayres, earst, eyras, rasty, rates, ratty, raves, reast, reasy, resat, resay, resty, revay, satyr, saver, savey, sayer, seary, seavy, serta, stare, start, stary, state, stave, stear, stert, strae, stray, strey, styre, styte, syver, tares, tarse, tarte, tarts, tarty, tarve, taser, taste, tasty, tater, tates, taver, tayer, tears, teart, teary, teasy, teats, teaty, teras, terts, testa, testy, tetra, trasy, trats, trave, trays, treas, treat, trest, treys, tryst, tyers, tyste, vares, vasty, vates, veray, versa, verst, verts, verty, vesta, vyase, yates, years, yeast, yeats, yerva, yetts, ytter
4 Letter Words for Travesty
ares, aret, arte, arts, arty, astr, ates, atry, atte, atty, aver, aves, avys, ayes, ayre, ears, east, easy, eats, eras, erat, erst, etas, etat, eyas, eyra, rast, rate, rats, rave, rays, rest, rets, revs, ryas, ryes, sare, sart, sate, save, sear, seat, sert, serv, seta, sett, star, stat, stay, ster, stet, stey, stra, stre, syre, syrt, tare, tars, tart, tate, tats, tave, tavs, tays, tear, teas, teat, tera, test, tets, trat, trav, tray, tres, tret, trey, trye, tryt, tyer, tyes, tyte, vaes, vare, vars, vary, vase, vast, vats, vera, vers, vert, very, vest, veta, vets, yare, yate, year, yeas, yeat, yest, yeta, yett
3 Letter Words for Travesty
aer, aes, are, ars, art, ary, ase, ast, ate, att, ave, aye, ayr, ays, ear, eas, eat, era, ers, ert, esr, est, eta, ety, eyr, ras, rat, ray, rea, res, rev, rte, rya, rye, sar, sat, sav, say, sea, ser, set, sey, sta, str, sty, sye, syr, tar, tas, tat, tav, tay, tea, ter, tes, tet, tra, trs, trt, try, tst, tty, tye, tyr, tyt, vae, var, vas, vat, ver, vet, yar, yas, yat, yea, yer, yes, yet, yrs
Definitions for Travesty
[1] a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
[2] a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter.
[3] a literary or artistic composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model.
[4] to make a travesty on; turn (a serious work or subject) to ridicule by burlesquing.
[5] to imitate grotesquely or absurdly.
[6] a farcical or grotesque imitation; mockery; parody
[7] (tr) to make or be a travesty of
Words related to Travesty
exaggeration, farce, mockery, perversion, satire, distortion, burlesque, sham, play, caricature, lampoon, roast, takeoff, put-on, mimicry, mock, parody, imitate, satirize, distort
Words nearby Travesty
traverse, traverse city, traverse jury, traverse rod, travertine, travesty, travis, travois, travolator, trawl, trawler
Origin of Travesty
1655–65; < French travesti, past participle of travestir “to disguise” < Italian travestire, equivalent to tra- (< Latin trāns- trans-) + vestire “to clothe” < Latin vestīre; see vest
Other words from Travesty
un·trav·es·tied , adjective
Word origin for Travesty
C17: from French travesti disguised, from travestir to disguise, from Italian travestire , from tra- trans- + vestire to clothe
Synonyms for Travesty
burlesque, distortion, exaggeration, farce, mockery, perversion, satire, sham, caricature, lampoon, mimicry, mock, parody, play, put-on, roast, takeoff, lampoonery, send-up
