Details of word BURLESQUE

Definition of burlesque

a. - Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.
n. - Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
n. - An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.
n. - A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
v. t. - To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
v. i. - To employ burlesque.

Word "burlesque" contains 9 letters : B E E L Q R S U U

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