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Definition of Satirical

Satirical

  1. Of or pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a satiric style.
  2. Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting.

Satirical Quotations

The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.
Jack Levine

You can't be satirical and not be offensive to somebody.
Tom Lehrer

Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.
John Pilger

Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sincere, compassionate way - I don't think that's exploitive.
Curtis Sittenfeld

In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone that I know of.
Jimmy Carl Black
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Satirical Translations

satirical in French is satire
satirical in German is Spottgedicht
satirical in Hungarian is ironikus, szatirikus
satirical in Swedish is satiriskt

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