noun meaning: Travestie or Zerrbild
verb meaning: travestieren, entstellen or verzerren
to travesty sth.: etwas ins lächerliche ziehen ( to ridicule sth.)
Translation: Tragedia
Travesty is a false, absurd or distorted representation of an activity or event. An example of this would be, " Mike's reenactment of 911 was a travesty to the victims of the crash."
A travesty is when something is not handled well or approached with disrespect. An antonym for travesty would be serious or sincere.
Charlotte Craig has written: 'Christoph Martin Wieland as the originator of the modern travesty in German literature ...'
Travesty of Heavenly Essence was created in 2005.
Langdale described the court ruling as a travesty of justice.
As a result of the corruption of the judge, the trial was a travesty of justice.
Travesty: A debased or grotesque likeness. A travesty of justice is a an occurance which debases the idea or concept of justice under the pretence of being just, ie the hanging of an inocent man.
Travesty is something very special. You can find the answer for excample in a book like the duden or at pages in the internet like leo. Travesty is often used to describe some actions.
The fact that he got on 10 years behind bars for killing two people is a true travesty of justice.
Travesty City - 2010 was released on: USA: 4 February 2010
The building had "become a pathetic travesty of the original design," as Walter Ison sadly noted.