Definitions for travesties

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travesties trav·es·ty

Spelling: [trav-uh-stee]

IPA: /ˈtræv ə sti/

Travesties is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 583 anagrams from letters in travesties (aeeirssttv).

Definitions for travesties

noun

1. a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation:
2. a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter.
3. a literary or artistic composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model.

verb (used with object)

1. to make a travesty on; turn (a serious work or subject) to ridicule by burlesquing.
2. to imitate grotesquely or absurdly.

Origin of travesties

1655-65; French travesti, past participle of travestir “to disguise” Italian travestire, equivalent to tra- (Latin trāns- trans-) + vestire “to clothe” Latin vestīre

Examples for travesties

That's why this whole thing is a travesty of love and marriage.

A piquant witticism is not an expression of all this, but simply a travesty.

One of the defense attorneys for Zimmerman said he was glad the outcome did not turn a tragedy into travesty.

It long ago learned that marriage is a travesty and our marriage a nightmare.

I stretched my lips in that travesty of a smile I had seen the others use.

As happy as I am for George Zimmerman, I'm thrilled that this jury kept this tragedy from becoming a travesty.

I take this opportunity of saying that justice in this town is a travesty.

Then there was that 80-14 travesty against Idaho, a team that won just one out of eleven games all season.

From what I can tell, the reception to this new Ryan travesty is mixed.

To connoisseurs of smoked fish such confusion would be a travesty.