parody
nounADJ.
brilliant, clever | cruel
VERB + PARODY
compose, write
PREP.
through ~
He attacked her ideas through parody.| ~ of
She has written a cruel parody of his book.| ~ on
The show included a parody on current affairs programmes.ADJ.
grotesque
PREP.
in a ~ of
He sighed in a parody of deep emotion.| ~ of
She has become a grotesque parody of her former elegant self.PHRASES
a parody of justice
The trial was a parody of justice.