LAMPOON


Meaning of LAMPOON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ læmpu:n ]

( lampoons, lampooning, lampooned)

1.

If you lampoon someone or something, you criticize them very strongly, using humorous means.

He was lampooned for his short stature and political views.

VERB : V n

2.

A lampoon is a piece of writing or speech which criticizes someone or something very strongly, using humorous means.

...his scathing lampoons of consumer culture...

The style Shelley is using here is that of popular lampoon.

N-VAR

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