lampooned

Definition of lampoonednext
past tense of lampoon

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lampooned
Verb
  • It was endlessly parodied and imitated.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • But for fans who’ve lived with this show across decades — through different casts, different eras, different presidents being parodied on cold opens — the real measure of Michaels’ impact is harder to quantify.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • For years, national media caricatured our city as a war zone.
    Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
  • These changes have been caricatured as authoritarian and corrupt.
    James Broughel, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Teachers unions, long derided by conservatives as one of the primary vectors of left-wing ideology into public education, have significant influence over the MSBA.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Bev had seemed to flinch whenever Margot derided their husbands.
    Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The fact that the team is almost entirely composed of Americans with Italian heritage is by now well-known and lovingly mocked on both sides of the Atlantic.
    Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Quotas, speech codes and identity politics now mocked as woke and un-American, often defied common sense.
    Maurice O'Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Soviet satire and humor journals, for example, ridiculed Western imperialism.
    Neringa Klumbytė, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Trump had ridiculed that deal as insufficient and ended it in his first term.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 28 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Star Search was the first program of its kind, with a format imitated by just about every subsequent talent competition program since.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
  • It was endlessly parodied and imitated.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Quantum sensors are one way to address this gap - due to denied and spoofed environments, coverage gaps, malfunctions, etc.
    Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • As those descriptions—and the furtive glances exchanged by last night’s host, Finn Wolfhard, and the SNL cast member Ben Marshall, playing Potter and Ron Weasley—implied, a page-to-screen sensation of a more recent vintage was also being spoofed.
    Erik Adams, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
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“Lampooned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lampooned. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.

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