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Then, Laurent plunged into caricature: he exaggerated the features, he produced monstrous profiles, he invented grotesque heads, but only succeeded in rendering the striking portrait of his victim more horrible.Alors Laurent se jeta dans la caricature, il exagéra les traits, il fit des profils monstrueux, il inventa des têtes grotesques, et il ne réussit qu'à rendre plus horribles ces portraits frappants de sa victime.Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, Emile
Here was the German of caricature, the real German, the fellow we were up against.C’était le Boche des caricatures… le vrai Boche, celui que nous voulions abattre.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Marthereau droops his arms and wags his weary head—and the shadow of the double gesture is thrown on the partition by the lean light in a sudden caricature.Il laisse tomber ses bras, hoche sa tête lassée – et la lumière légère jette sur la cloison l’ombre de ce double geste, en fait une brusque caricature.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
To any remark of mine as to keeping a medium in all things, she replied by caricaturing my ideas and exaggerating them.A des observations sur le milieu que l’on doit garder en tout, elle répondait par la caricature de mes idées, qu’elle portait à l’extrême.Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la valleeLe Lys dans la valleeBalzac, Honore deThe Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de
And here, see, are four more men coming down the road, their gait heavy and slow, their boots turned into enormous caricatures of boots by reason of the mud.Mais voilà que quatre hommes descendaient la route, d’un pied lourd et pas pressé, et leurs souliers, à cause de la boue, étaient énormes comme des caricatures de souliers.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The men become caricatures of what physical men ought to be, and their women and children are pale and anaemic, with eyes ringed darkly, who stoop and slouch, and are early twisted out of all shapeliness and beauty.Les hommes ne sont plus que des caricatures d'eux-mêmes, leurs femmes et leurs enfants sont pâles et anémiés, leurs yeux sont cerclés de noir, ils ont le dos voûté et traînent la savate, et deviennent très vite rachitiques, sans grâce et sans beauté.London, Jack / The People of the AbyssLondon, Jack / Le Peuple de l'AbimeLe Peuple de l'AbimeLondon, JackThe People of the AbyssLondon, Jack© BiblioBazaar, LLC
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caricature
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | caricatured |
Imperative | caricature |
Present Participle (Participle I) | caricaturing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | caricatured |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I caricature | we caricature |
you caricature | you caricature |
he/she/it caricatures | they caricature |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am caricaturing | we are caricaturing |
you are caricaturing | you are caricaturing |
he/she/it is caricaturing | they are caricaturing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have caricatured | we have caricatured |
you have caricatured | you have caricatured |
he/she/it has caricatured | they have caricatured |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been caricaturing | we have been caricaturing |
you have been caricaturing | you have been caricaturing |
he/she/it has been caricaturing | they have been caricaturing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I caricatured | we caricatured |
you caricatured | you caricatured |
he/she/it caricatured | they caricatured |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was caricaturing | we were caricaturing |
you were caricaturing | you were caricaturing |
he/she/it was caricaturing | they were caricaturing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had caricatured | we had caricatured |
you had caricatured | you had caricatured |
he/she/it had caricatured | they had caricatured |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been caricaturing | we had been caricaturing |
you had been caricaturing | you had been caricaturing |
he/she/it had been caricaturing | they had been caricaturing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will caricature | we shall/will caricature |
you will caricature | you will caricature |
he/she/it will caricature | they will caricature |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be caricaturing | we shall/will be caricaturing |
you will be caricaturing | you will be caricaturing |
he/she/it will be caricaturing | they will be caricaturing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have caricatured | we shall/will have caricatured |
you will have caricatured | you will have caricatured |
he/she/it will have caricatured | they will have caricatured |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been caricaturing | we shall/will have been caricaturing |
you will have been caricaturing | you will have been caricaturing |
he/she/it will have been caricaturing | they will have been caricaturing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would caricature | we should/would caricature |
you would caricature | you would caricature |
he/she/it would caricature | they would caricature |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be caricaturing | we should/would be caricaturing |
you would be caricaturing | you would be caricaturing |
he/she/it would be caricaturing | they would be caricaturing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have caricatured | we should/would have caricatured |
you would have caricatured | you would have caricatured |
he/she/it would have caricatured | they would have caricatured |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been caricaturing | we should/would have been caricaturing |
you would have been caricaturing | you would have been caricaturing |
he/she/it would have been caricaturing | they would have been caricaturing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am caricatured | we are caricatured |
you are caricatured | you are caricatured |
he/she/it is caricatured | they are caricatured |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being caricatured | we are being caricatured |
you are being caricatured | you are being caricatured |
he/she/it is being caricatured | they are being caricatured |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been caricatured | we have been caricatured |
you have been caricatured | you have been caricatured |
he/she/it has been caricatured | they have been caricatured |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was caricatured | we were caricatured |
you were caricatured | you were caricatured |
he/she/it was caricatured | they were caricatured |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being caricatured | we were being caricatured |
you were being caricatured | you were being caricatured |
he/she/it was being caricatured | they were being caricatured |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been caricatured | we had been caricatured |
you had been caricatured | you had been caricatured |
he/she/it had been caricatured | they had been caricatured |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be caricatured | we shall/will be caricatured |
you will be caricatured | you will be caricatured |
he/she/it will be caricatured | they will be caricatured |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been caricatured | we shall/will have been caricatured |
you will have been caricatured | you will have been caricatured |
he/she/it will have been caricatured | they will have been caricatured |
caricature
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | caricature | caricatures |
Possessive case | caricature's | caricatures' |