How to use "travesty" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "travesty" in popular movie and book plots

  • Kozlovsky is horrified by the flogging and appalled at his fellow officers' indifference to what he considers a travesty of justice.  - The Inquiry (Kuprin)
  • EPILOGUE The Epilogue starts again with the voice of Meredith Kercher who in poetic terms comments on the travesty called justice, that just happened.  - The Verdict of Perugia
  • In the 196th game, with Poole serving 98-97 and triple match point, something happens to Poole that is considered by some to be the greatest travesty in sports history.  - 7 Days in Hell
  • Each episode ends with Charlie complaining about his punishment by uttering his catchphrase – "It's a travesty of justice.  - All at Sea (TV series)
  • The first planet he visits has been completely destroyed, the second is a gerontocratic travesty of a democracy, and the third is a repressive matriarchy.  - Search the Sky
  • A loud pop of electricity is heard and the sailors look shocked at what is described as "a man-made horror/a travesty of nature".  - RASL
  • Picard then explains that this trial of Tyson is a travesty and that he, now believes Brandt lied to him about Tyson ordering his troops to shoot anyone in the hospital and that he thinks Tyson's troops mutinied.  - Word of Honor (novel)
  • Another key character, Piccolo, Gustav’s valet, is a travesty role.  - Aschenbrödel

Example sentences for "travesty" in interesting articles

  • "Perfect fear casteth out love" was Cyril Connolly's travesty of I John 4:18, as if he were thoroughly acquainted with the experience of elbowing his dearest aside at the shelter entrance. If the anonymous questionnaire, that indispensable mechanism of the social sciences, had been widely used during the Great War, more perhaps could be known or safely conjectured about the actualities of terror on the Western Front.  - The Real War 1939-1945, by Paul Fussell (1989)
  • Governors typically use their powers of executive clemency in cases of some widely perceived travesty of justice.  - It’s Not Just the Drug War (2015)
  • all their strings are pulled together from the top of the pyramid[ reply to this | link to this | view in chronology ] sandra bell, 28 Nov 2010 @ 9:16am Re: senators closing down websites?This travesty is yet another proof that these elected "public servants" are all the same -- greedy, power-hungry whores who want to make as much hay as possible while the sun shines.  - The 19 Senators Who Voted To Censor The Internet
  • "Perfect fear casteth out love" was Cyril Connolly's travesty of I John 4:18, as if he were thoroughly acquainted with the experience of elbowing his dearest aside at the shelter entrance. If the anonymous questionnaire, that indispensable mechanism of the social sciences, had been widely used during the Great War, more perhaps could be known or safely conjectured about the actualities of terror on the Western Front.  - The Real War 1939-1945, by Paul Fussell (1989)
  • You need to see everyone at TSA who were involved in this travesty pay dearly and go straightaway to hell.  - I stood there, an American citizen, sexually assaulted by a government official
  • Leslie Stephen thought him "all his life both a philosopher and a child … he was not only never in love, but looks as if he never talked to any woman except his cook and housemaid". This was a travesty of the truth.  - Jeremy Bentham's revolutionary views on sex
  • If you say he compared transgender modalities with bestiality you could also say, that he compared the traditional marriage with bestiality. He did not shit on logic, you just accuse him of being a terrible person just like the people who actually stand opposed to LGBT+ rights, which he most certainly does not. Winston Smith The whole thing is a travesty against actual thought.  - The Sexual Is Political
  • Official PR gets one day of buzz, then interest disappears into the void. Sociofranco (@Sociofranco) - 3 years ago Reply Huge scoop! Eric Stanfield - 3 years ago Reply If this is legit and all their time and effort has been focused on being last to market with yet another fitness band, what a travesty of leadership.  - Healthbook, Apple’s step into health and fitness tracking

Meaning of "travesty" in English

  • a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
  • a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
  • make a travesty of

Meaning of "travesty" in Hindi

  • हास्य जनक अनुकरण ( Hasy janak anukaran, haasy janak anukaran, hasy zanak anukaran)
  • उपहासात्मक रचना ( Upahasatmak rachana, upahaasaatmak rachanaa)
  • प्रहसन ( Prahasan)
  • उपहास का विषय बनाना ( Upahas ka vishay banana, upahaas kaa vishay bananaa, upahas ka wishay banana)

Synonyms of "travesty"

  • takeoff
  • mockery
  • charade
  • spoof
  • sendup
  • pasquinade
  • parody
  • burlesque
  • farce
  • put on
  • lampoon
  • farce comedy

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