satirical

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/səˈtɪɹɪkəl/

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or connected with satire.

“Spitting Image was a famous satirical television program.”

Similar
satiricsarcastic
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English satire →
Less commonScrabble 11
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Meanings

adjectivesatirical (comparative more satirical, superlative most satirical)

comparative more satirical · superlative most satirical

  1. Of, pertaining to, or connected with satire.

    Spitting Image was a famous satirical television program.

    1 more example

    Given his remarks in The English People about the dangers of Standard English, and the fact that the satirical Newspeak of Nineteen Eighty-Four is an engineered language[…]

    2000 October 15, John E. Joseph, Limiting the Arbitrary: Linguistic Naturalism and Its Opposites in Plato's Cratylus and Modern Theories of Language, →ISBN, page 155

    Synonyms: satiric

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf, pertaining to, or connected with satire.

Similar
satiric

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveexposing human folly to ridicule

Similar
satiricsarcastic
Also see
invectivequizzicalsardonicsatiric

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishsatire
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishsatirical

From satire + -ical.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian сатири́чен
  • сатири́чен (satiríčen)of or pertaining to satire
Catalan satíric
  • satíricof or pertaining to satire
Chinese Mandarin 諷刺的 /讽刺的
  • 諷刺的 /讽刺的 (fěngcì de)of or pertaining to satire
Czech satirický
  • satirickýof or pertaining to satire
Danish satirisk
  • satiriskof or pertaining to satire
Dutch satirisch
  • satirischof or pertaining to satire
Esperanto satira
  • satiraof or pertaining to satire
Finnish satiirinen
  • satiirinenof or pertaining to satire
French satirique
  • satiriqueof or pertaining to satire
German satirisch
  • satirischof or pertaining to satire
Greek σατιρικός
  • σατιρικός (satirikós)of or pertaining to satire
Irish aorach
  • aorachof or pertaining to satire
Italian satirico
  • satiricoof or pertaining to satire
Japanese 風刺的な
  • 風刺的な (fūshiteki na)of or pertaining to satire
Korean 풍자적
  • 풍자적 (pungjajeok)of or pertaining to satire
Latin satiricus
  • satiricusof or pertaining to satire
Latvian satīrisks
  • satīrisksof or pertaining to satire
Norwegian Bokmål satirisk
  • satiriskof or pertaining to satire
Polish satyryczny
  • satyrycznyof or pertaining to satire
Portuguese satírico
  • satíricoof or pertaining to satire
Romanian satiric
  • satiricof or pertaining to satire
Russian сатири́ческий
  • сатири́ческий (satiríčeskij)of or pertaining to satire
Scottish Gaelic sgaiteach
  • sgaiteachof or pertaining to satire
Slovak satirický
  • satirickýof or pertaining to satire
Spanish satírico
  • satíricoof or pertaining to satire
Tagalog mapang-uroy
  • mapang-uroyof or pertaining to satire
Ukrainian сатири́чний
  • сатири́чний (satyrýčnyj)of or pertaining to satire
Welsh dychanol
  • dychanolof or pertaining to satire

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

satirical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/satirical

MLA

“satirical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/satirical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “satirical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/satirical.

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