Usually means: Satirical mocking to criticize sharply.
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  1. lampooning: Merriam-Webster
  2. lampooning: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lampooning: Vocabulary.com
  4. lampooning: Wordnik
  5. lampooning: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. lampooning: Wiktionary
  7. Lampooning, lampooning: Dictionary.com
  8. Lampooning: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Lampooning: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. lampooning: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. lampooning: FreeDictionary.org
  12. lampooning: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lampooning: Legal dictionary

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  1. lampooning: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  A lampoon.

Similar:
satirize, spoof, pasquinade, mockery, travesty, parody, sendup, burlesque, charade, takeoff, more...

Opposite:
praising, complimenting, applauding, lauding

Types:
burlesque, parody, travesty, spoof, mockery, caricature, more...

Adjectives:
political, such, bitter, deft, merciless, recent, satirical, personal, public, mere, consistent

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Similar:
satirize, spoof, pasquinade, mockery, travesty, parody, sendup, burlesque, charade, takeoff, more...

Opposite:
praising, complimenting, applauding, lauding

Types:
burlesque, parody, travesty, spoof, mockery, caricature, more...

Adjectives:
political, such, bitter, deft, merciless, recent, satirical, personal, public, mere, consistent



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