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travesty

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Noun travesty has 2 senses
  1. farce, farce comedy, travesty - a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
    --1 is a kind of comedy
    Derived form: verb travesty1
  2. parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on - a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
    --2 is a kind of caricature, imitation, impersonation
Verb travesty has 1 sense
  1. travesty - make a travesty of
    --1 is one way to
    spoof, burlesque, parody
    Derived form: noun travesty1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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