TRAVESTY


Meaning of TRAVESTY in English

[noun] [C] [slightly formal] - something which fails to represent the values and qualities that it is intended to represent, in a way that is shocking or offensiveTheir production of 'Macbeth' was quite the worst I've ever seen - it was a travesty.Langdale described the court ruling as a travesty of justice.Compare parody.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.