Definition of Satirical

Satirical

Of or pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a satiric style.

Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting.

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Satirical Quotations

In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone that I know of.
Jimmy Carl Black

Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sincere, compassionate way - I don't think that's exploitive.
Curtis Sittenfeld

My challenge as a satirical artist is how to present ideas to people to enable them to question and reexamine their beliefs. My hope is, that my work provokes people to look at things in a new way.
Joey Skaggs

It just happened that the public happened to, uh, appreciate the satirical quality of these crazy things.
Rube Goldberg

The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.
Jack Levine

I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals.
Jonathan Shapiro

Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical.
Joey Skaggs

Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.
John Pilger

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Satirical Translations

satirical in French is satire
satirical in German is Spottgedicht
satirical in Hungarian is ironikus, szatirikus
satirical in Swedish is satiriskt

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