Word Meaning

Meaning of burlesque

- Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.
- Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
- An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.
- A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
- To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
- To employ burlesque.

Crossword clue for burlesque

- Bawdy entertainment
- Parody
- Show of coarse entertainment