Clues for the word "BURLESQUE"
We've had 10 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 8 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on April 12, 2024.
Definition of burlesque
- a. - 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.
- n. - Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
- n. - An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.
- n. - A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
- v. t. - To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
- v. i. - To employ burlesque.
Referring Clues
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - April 12, 2024
- Guardian Cryptic - November 22, 2013
- Guardian Quick - December 27, 2012
- Guardian Prize - September 24, 2011
- New York Times - June 25, 2011
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 01, 2009
- Guardian Quick - April 14, 2009
- Guardian Quick - April 14, 2007