satire : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: satire	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for satire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
satire n witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"-- Jonathan Swift Synonym(s): sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remark
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Satire \Sat"ire\ (?; in Eng. often [?]; 277), n. [L. satira, satura, fr. satura (sc. lanx) a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, a medley, fr. satur full of food, sated, fr. sat, satis, enough: cf. F. satire. See {Sate}, {Sad}, a., and cf. {Saturate}.] 1. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal. 2. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm. Syn: Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade; burlesque; wit; humor.