Definition of satire

"satire" in the noun sense

1. sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remark

witty language used to convey insults or scorn

"he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"

"irony is wasted on the stupid"

"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"

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Quotations for satire

Wit should be wit. but never satire. [ Madame La Rochejaquelein ]

Satire is the right hand of burlesque. [ Voltaire ]

Praise undeserved is satire in disguise. [ Broadhurst ]

Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. [ Byron ]

He had never kindly heart
Nor ever cared to better his own kind,
Who first wrote satire with no pity in it. [ Alfred Tennyson ]

Truth is quite beyond the reach of satire. [ Lowell ]

If satire charms, strike faults, but spare the man. [ Young ]

It is difficult not to indulge in (to write) satire. [ Juv ]

Tomorrow is a satire on today, and shows its weakness. [ Young ]

Satire lies about men of letters during their life, and eulogy after their death. [ Voltaire ]

Ridicule often cuts the Gordian knot more effectively than the severity of satire. [ Horace ]

Satire lies respecting literary men during their life, and eulogy does so after their death. [ Voltaire ]

I have not wounded any one with stinging satire, nor does my poetry contain a charge against any man. [ Ovid ]

What is a miracle? - 'Tis a reproach, 'Tis an implicit satire on mankind; And while its satisfies, it censures too. [ Young ]

The highest genius never flowers in satire, but culminates in sympathy with that which is best in human nature, and appeals to it. [ Chapin ]

satire in Scrabble®

The word satire is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 6

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Words within the letters of satire

2 letter words in satire (8 words)

6 letter words in satire (1 word)

satire + 2 blanks (187 words)

Words containing the sequence satire

Words that start with satire (3 words)

Words with satire in them (1 word)

Words that end with satire (1 word)

Word Growth involving satire

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