Meaning of "travesty" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TRAVESTY

From French travesti disguised, from travestir to disguise, from Italian travestire, from tra-trans- + vestire to clothe.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TRAVESTY

travesty  [ˈtrævɪstɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRAVESTY

Travesty is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb travesty in English.

WHAT DOES TRAVESTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Travesty

Travesty is an English word used to denote generally an absurd or grotesque misrepresentation, a parody or stylistic imitation, a grossly inferior imitation. In literary or theatrical contexts it may also refer to: ▪ Travesti , the portrayal of a character in a play, opera, or ballet by a performer of the opposite sex ▪ Burlesque, a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects ▪ Victorian burlesque, a genre of theatrical entertainment popular in Victorian England and New York theatre in the mid-19th century...

Definition of travesty in the English dictionary

The definition of travesty in the dictionary is a farcical or grotesque imitation; mockery; parody. Other definition of travesty is to make or be a travesty of.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TRAVESTY

PRESENT

Present

I travesty

you travesty

he/she/it travesties

we travesty

you travesty

they travesty

Present continuous

I am travestying

you are travestying

he/she/it is travestying

we are travestying

you are travestying

they are travestying

Present perfect

I have travestied

you have travestied

he/she/it has travestied

we have travestied

you have travestied

they have travestied

Present perfect continuous

I have been travestying

you have been travestying

he/she/it has been travestying

we have been travestying

you have been travestying

they have been travestying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I travestied

you travestied

he/she/it travestied

we travestied

you travestied

they travestied

Past continuous

I was travestying

you were travestying

he/she/it was travestying

we were travestying

you were travestying

they were travestying

Past perfect

I had travestied

you had travestied

he/she/it had travestied

we had travestied

you had travestied

they had travestied

Past perfect continuous

I had been travestying

you had been travestying

he/she/it had been travestying

we had been travestying

you had been travestying

they had been travestying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will travesty

you will travesty

he/she/it will travesty

we will travesty

you will travesty

they will travesty

Future continuous

I will be travestying

you will be travestying

he/she/it will be travestying

we will be travestying

you will be travestying

they will be travestying

Future perfect

I will have travestied

you will have travestied

he/she/it will have travestied

we will have travestied

you will have travestied

they will have travestied

Future perfect continuous

I will have been travestying

you will have been travestying

he/she/it will have been travestying

we will have been travestying

you will have been travestying

they will have been travestying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would travesty

you would travesty

he/she/it would travesty

we would travesty

you would travesty

they would travesty

Conditional continuous

I would be travestying

you would be travestying

he/she/it would be travestying

we would be travestying

you would be travestying

they would be travestying

Conditional perfect

I would have travesty

you would have travesty

he/she/it would have travesty

we would have travesty

you would have travesty

they would have travesty

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been travestying

you would have been travestying

he/she/it would have been travestying

we would have been travestying

you would have been travestying

they would have been travestying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you travesty
we let´s travesty
you travesty

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to travesty

Past participle

travestied

Present Participle

travestying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TRAVESTY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «travesty» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of travesty

burlesque · caricature · deride · distort · distortion · lampoon · make fun of · mock · mockery · parody · perversion · pervert · ridicule · send up · send-up · sham · spoof · take off · takeoff

TRANSLATION OF TRAVESTY

Find out the translation of travesty to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of travesty from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «travesty» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 嘲弄
• Translator English - Spanish: parodia
• English: travesty
• Translator English - Hindi: भड़ौआ
• Translator English - Arabic: مهزلة
• Translator English - Russian: пародия
• Translator English - Portuguese: paródia
• Translator English - Bengali: হাস্যকর অনুকরণ
• Translator English - French: parodie
• Translator English - Malay: Travesty
• Translator English - German: Travestie
• Translator English - Japanese: へたなまね
• Translator English - Korean: 억지 해석
• Translator English - Javanese: Travesty
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nhái chơi
• Translator English - Tamil: பரிகாசம்
• Translator English - Marathi: विदारक
• Translator English - Turkish: hiciv
• Translator English - Italian: parodia
• Translator English - Polish: parodia
• Translator English - Ukrainian: пародія
• Translator English - Romanian: parodie
• Translator English - Greek: παρωδία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bespotting
• Translator English - Swedish: travesty
• Translator English - Norwegian: parodi

3 QUOTES WITH «TRAVESTY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word travesty.

1

Paul Conroy

Britain, along with the U.S.A., is war weary, and after the travesty of Iraq and Afghanistan, has grave misgivings in any future involvement in the Middle East. The ghost of Tony Blair and his single-minded determination to attack Iraq, at any cost, has cast a long shadow over British politics. The British public have a long collective memory.

2

Raul Labrador

It would be a travesty, in my opinion, to treat those who violated our laws to get here much better than those who have patiently waited their turn to come to the United States the right way.

3

Alison Weir

The first Elizabeth film was an absolute travesty historically. It really was sloppy. Things like 'The Other Boleyn Girl' and 'The Tudors,' people's perception is distorted because of these. It matters to me as a historian, because I spend my life trying to get it right.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRAVESTY»

Discover the use of travesty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to travesty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Travesty

Hawkes, Travesty. John Hawkes' most extreme vision of eroticism and comic terror.

John Hawkes, 1976

Travesty in Haiti: a true account of Christian missions, ...

TRAVESTY is an anthropologist's personal story of working with foreign aid agencies and discovering that fraud, greed, corruption, apathy, and political agendas permeate the industry. It is a story of

Timothy T. Schwartz, 2008

An American Travesty: Legal Responses to Adolescent Sexual ...

An American Travesty is the first scholarly book in half a century to analyze the justice system’s response to sexual misconduct by children and adolescents in the United States.

Franklin E. Zimring, 2009

Travesty

Inspired by what she describes as a true story, "Travesty" chronicles the life of Margie Shepherd, a 58-year-old woman who claims a nurse abducted her following breast surgery.

Margie Shepherd, 2009

Travesty: the trial of Slobodan Milošević and the corruption ...

A damning critique of the Milosovic trial that highlights the inadequacies of international law more widely.

John Laughland, 2007

The Taking Tree: A Selfish Parody

We all know the story of the “selfless” tree that gave all she had just to make sure a young boy was “happy.” This is a different tree. This is a different boy. This is a very different book.

Shrill Travesty, 2011

Little Jon's Adventures: The Day of the Tumbleweed Travesty

Little Jon And The Tumbleweed Travesty is an adventurous tale about a curious, young boot named Little Jon that always manages to keep things kickin'.

Denise L. Bradford, 2010

Wasted Tax Dollars for Wasted Time Served California's Great ...

We're okay. I just got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time!" The male says "I made more in one drug deal than my old man made in a whole year!" Twisted value systems; No value systems is what this book is about.

Daniel A. O'Farrell, 2004

A New Travesty on Romeo and Juliet

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.

Charles Carroll Soule, 2008

Sexual Underworlds of the Enlightenment

The. culture. of. travesty: sexuality. and. masquerade. in. eighteenth-century. England. TERRY CASTLE When the eighteenth-century moralist wished to decry the cheating and whorishness of contemporary life, he found a potent image close ...

George Sebastian Rousseau, Roy Porter, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRAVESTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term travesty is used in the context of the following news items.

Charles Antwi's conviction is a travesty of justice – Franklin Cudjoe

The President of Think Tank IMANI Ghana has described the sentence handed to the gunman who went to President John Dramani Mahama's church with the ... «GhanaWeb, Aug 15»

The travesty of Cecil the lion

The wrath of the internet has descended upon Walter Palmer, the Minneapolis dentist who has acknowledged killing Cecil, a star lion of Zimbabwe's national ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

Letter: Taxi service in region a travesty

Thank you for the editorial "Improve taxi service now," July 15. I live in Albany and travel through the Rensselaer Amtrak Station frequently. I usually park my car ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»

Longridge homes protestors slam 'travesty of justice'

She felt the meeting had been a “travesty of justice” and she had been badly let down by the system. Jack Houghton of Inglewhite Road said that once a brick ... «Clitheroe Today, Jul 15»

Los Angeles Lawmakers, Religious Leaders Condemn Charleston …

Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer adjourned Thursday's legislative session in honor of nine slain in the church shooting, calling the slayings a travesty and a ... «CBS Local, Jun 15»

Main Street project, a 'travesty' to some, draws more criticism

Park City officials and Main Street figures are scrutinizing a development under construction at 205 Main St. Critics are unhappy the project does not involve ... «The Park Record, May 15»

Man who knowingly spread HIV sentenced to six months. Judge …

“I think that's a tremendous oversight in the law if this is just a misdemeanor,” said Judge Katherine Lewis, calling the light sentence a “travesty” and openly ... «Washington Post, May 15»

Denver Archdiocese calls Lane decision "a travesty of justice"

However, in a statement issued by the Archdiocese, Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila called the decision not to file murder charges, "a travesty of justice.". «The Denver Post, Mar 15»

Ald. Anita Weier: Sex offenders placement is travesty to north side …

A terrible travesty occurred Monday night, March 23, when the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and the Madison Police Department held an “informational” ... «Madison.com, Mar 15»

Stephen Sondheim Calls Lady Gaga's Oscar Performance a 'Travesty'

The veteran Broadway composer and lyricist told the Times of London in an interview picked up by Playbill.com, "On the Academy Awards she was a travesty. «ABC News, Mar 15»