Meaning of BURLESQUE in English

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.

Use in sentences of BURLESQUE

Meaning of BURLESQUE in English

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.