Pronunciation Noun
travesty (plural travesties)
- An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation.
- The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a travesty of the first.
- A parody or stylistic imitation.
- (pejorative) A grossly inferior imitation.
- A battlefield trial is a travesty of justice.
- (colloquial, proscribed) An appalling version of something.
- German: Zerrbild
- Italian: farsa
travesty (travesties, present participle travestying; past and past participle travestied)
- (transitive) To make a travesty of; to parody.
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