caricature

n. பகடிப்படம், கேலிச்சித்திரம், ஒருவரது தனி இயல்புகளை மிகைப்படுத்திக்காட்டும் உரை, நையாண்டி வருணனை, (வி.) மிகைப்படுத்திக் கேலிக்குள்ளாக்கு, நகைப்புக்கிடமாகிப் படம் வரை, கேலிக்கூத்தாக்கிப் பழி.

Synonyms

mimicry parody travesty burlesque extravagance exaggeration hyperbole monstrosity farce

Antonyms

portraiture representation resemblance justice fidelity truthfulness

Car"i*ca*ture, n. Etym: [It. caricatura, fr. caricare to charge, overload, exaggerate. See Charge, v. t.] 1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture. 2. A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [Formerly written caricatura.] The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature. I. Taylor. A grotesque caricature of virtue. Macaulay. Car"i*ca*ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caricatured; p. pr. & vb. n. Caricaturing.] Defn: To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque. He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand. Lord Lyttelton.

caricature - Similar Words

ricture caricaturist crispature calliature criciate creature cincture carucate carinate armature