satire

satire is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.
2. adjective. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.
3. noun. witty language used to convey insults or scorn--Jonathan Swift

   "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"

   "irony is wasted on the stupid"

   Synonyms: irony, sarcasm

Synonyms

irony, sarcasm

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in satire:

airest, ariste, artsie, striae, terais

Common word forms

satires

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