Zerrbild — meaning in English
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English meaning
- caricature noun A drawing or description that exaggerates someone's features for comic or critical effect.
- distortion noun A change that twists something out of its normal shape or meaning.
- effigy noun A crude model or figure made to represent a person or group, often so it can be mocked, burned, or destroyed in protest.
- travesty noun A shocking, absurd distortion of something that should be fair or serious — a mockery of what it claims to represent.
Senses
Zerrbild is used for these senses in English:
- caricature Having the characteristics of a caricature, grotesque.
- distortion A misrepresentation of the truth.
- effigy A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.
- travesty An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.
caricature — full definition
- noun A drawing or description that exaggerates someone's features for comic or critical effect.
- noun An exaggerated or absurd version of something, distorting it beyond recognition.
- verb To portray someone or something in an exaggerated, often mocking way.
distortion — full definition
- noun A change that twists something out of its normal shape or meaning.
- noun Unwanted noise or crackle added to sound, or a fuzzy effect used deliberately on electric guitars.