a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter.

a literary or artistic composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model.

any grotesque or debased likeness or imitation

a travesty of justice.

to make a travesty on; turn (a serious work or subject) to ridicule by burlesquing.

to imitate grotesquely or absurdly.

noun

seriousness , solemnity

verb

be serious

noun

burlesque , caricature , distortion , exaggeration , farce , lampoon , lampoonery , mimicry , mock , mockery , parody , perversion , play , put-on , roast * , satire , send-up , sham * , takeoff * , sham

verb

ape , burlesque , caricature , deride , distort , imitate , lampoon , make a mockery of , make fun of , mimic , mock , parody , pervert , play on , put on * , satirize , send up * , sham * , take off * , distortion , exaggeration , imitation , mockery , perversion , ridicule , satire , sham