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travestie — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • travesty noun A shocking, absurd distortion of something that should be fair or serious — a mockery of what it claims to represent.

Senses

travestie is used for these senses in English:

  • travesty An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.

travesty — full definition

  1. noun A shocking, absurd distortion of something that should be fair or serious — a mockery of what it claims to represent.
  2. verb To turn something into a ridiculous or grotesque imitation of itself; to mock by distorting.
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