Burlesque is valid Scrabble Word

Is burlesque a scrabble word?
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9 letters word
20 points in Scrabble
24 points in WWF

Definitions for BURLESQUE in dictionary:

VERB:

to make a burlesque of
parody or imitate in an absurd or comically exaggerated way
To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
To employ burlesque.
make a parody of
represent or imitate (a person or thing) in a ludicrous way

NOUN:

(French) a ludicrous imitation, also BURLESK, BURLEYCUE
an absurd or comically exaggerated imitation of something, especially in a literary or dramatic work; a parody
a variety show, typically including striptease
artistic work which satirizes a subject by caricature

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.
a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody\'s style, usually in a humorous way

ADJECTIVE:

resembling a burlesque
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.
relating to or characteristic of a burlesque
of or characteristic of a burlesque

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation

Words related to BURLESQUE

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Words that contain BURLESQUE

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How to use BURLESQUE in a sentence

And besides those burlesque stage hands certainly are cruel.
There is not similarity enough for burlesque, or even for caricature.
The two great Branches of Ridicule in Writing are Comedy and Burlesque.
But this discretion must be used with great caution by the writer, lest he should confound the terrible with the burlesque.
But as the burlesque went on, Mademoiselle Lalage charmed away this disagreeable impression.
A burlesque honeymoon of a week was soon followed by a separation.
Schiller has a tragedy on the subject, Casimir Delavigne an elegy on her, Southey an epic poem on her life and death, and Voltaire a burlesque.
In 1745, the alarm was extravagant, and almost burlesque.
No one could hope to surpass Ariosto in his own style, or to give a fresh turn to his humor without passing into broad burlesque.
But if a person seriously calls this, or rather burlesque, a childish or low species of poetry, he says wrong.

The scene, like other contrasts in human things, was burlesque in the midst of terror.
Ridiculous, absurd, and burlesque motions injured incessantly the inspirations of a pure, sincere, and enlightened patriotism.
Perrin gave us Madame Carvalho for Helene and Faure for Spiridion, but he wanted to burlesque the part for the tenor and give it to Mlle.
This little bit of burlesque, short as it is, is full of delicate satirical touches.
Pope himself imitated Chaucer and Spenser in burlesque fashion.
People never dreamed for a moment that it was a burlesque on the times.
John Wood in a burlesque in New Orleans at the outbreak of the Civil War, leaped into popularity and became the war-song of the Confederacy.
At the same time, in order that his gifts may receive just consideration, the tradition of burlesque must for the time being be forgotten.
In Sir Pertinax MacSycophant, Macklin has given us one of the traditional burlesque characters of the English stage.
In some respects the passer-by adhered so faithfully to the fashions of the year 1806, that he was not so much a burlesque caricature as a reproduction of the Empire period.
It was even made the special subject of burlesque on a rival stage.
Sheer farce and coarse burlesque, with plenty of color for the money, still made up the sum of what the public of those days wanted.

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