Vocabulary
Caricature
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.
Urdu meaning
تضحیکی خاکہ، بگاڑی ہوئی تصویر
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Some have used the caricature of the Arab Spring to model revolution, forgetting that one dictator replaced another, or allowed another country to be parcelled out into mafias for warlords.
Dawn Editorials —
The Bangladesh model
— 2024-08-08
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This tragicomic caricature was made famous by a rap artist who pointed out that not just the lord himself but his dog demands to be treated like a lord.
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Animal farm
— 2024-07-23
Synonyms
cartoon, distorted/exaggerated drawing, distortion, parody, satire, lampoon, burlesque
Antonyms
portraiture, representation, resemblance
Curator example
“a crude caricature of the Prime Minister”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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