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Meanings of travesty in English

Portuguese
paródia
Catalan
paròdia
Wikidata

A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way.

      paródia
      Portuguese
      comédia
      Catalan
      farsa

      A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations.

            comédia
            Russian
            травести

            Literary genre.

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                    травести
                    Usage of travesty in English
                    1
                    In a trial the top court in this state termed a travesty.
                    The reversal
                    2
                    The fable in Greece originated in an intentional travesty of human affairs.
                    Handbook of Universal Literature, From the Best and Latest Autho...
                    3
                    The party disagrees and has called the directive a travesty of justice.
                    Radio NZ
                    4
                    The committee has been represented by critics as a travesty of democracy.
                    The Irish Times
                    5
                    The Franco-Prussian War was in progress, and this travesty was particularly timely.
                    Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 2: 1866-1875
                    6
                    The great Dreamtime story was ever and always a travesty, a trick.
                    Hull zero three
                    7
                    This is a production which robs the word travesty of any meaning.
                    The Irish Times
                    8
                    Whitehall will become a symbol, a martyr to a travesty of justice.
                    Mortal Allies
                    9
                    The latest production of Madame Butterfly in the Gaiety was a travesty.
                    The Irish Times
                    10
                    It's a potential travesty: a Street Fighter film without Ryu and Ken.
                    Wired
                    11
                    Yet I hear it was for me alone this travesty was enacted.
                    Molly Bawn
                    12
                    The village lay before him, desolate and ruined, a travesty of homes.
                    The Amazing Interlude
                    13
                    Their institutions are a travesty, their parties nests of avarice and vile.
                    After the Rain : how the West lost the East
                    14
                    But I know I looked upon him as a travesty, a caricature.
                    Wanderers
                    15
                    What Sky Arts and Fiennes did to The Kang is a travesty.
                    Ebony
                    16
                    He's rather like that- anightmaretravesty of mankind, with huge malevolent eyes.
                    The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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                    Translations for travesty
                    Travesty through the time
                    Travesty across language varieties
                    Ireland
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common