impersonating
Meaning of impersonating
- pretend to be (another person) for entertainment or fraud.
it's a very serious offence to impersonate a police officer
early 17th century (in the sense ‘personify’): from in-2 ‘into’ + Latin persona ‘person’, on the pattern of incorporate .
Information about impersonating
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Hyphenation of impersonating
im-per-son-at-ing
- It consists of 5 syllables and 13 chars.
- impersonating is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
impersonating synonyms
Meaning copy (a person's speech or mannerisms), especially for comic effect:
Meaning imitate (someone or their actions or words), especially in order to entertain or ridicule:
Meaning imitate (someone or something), especially in an absurd or unthinking way:
Meaning produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre):
Meaning make or give a caricature of:
Meaning parody or imitate in an absurd or comically exaggerated way:
Meaning represent in a false, absurd, or distorted way:
Meaning tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner:
Meaning deride and criticize by means of satire:
Meaning publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm:
Meaning perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified):
Meaning imitate (something) while exaggerating its characteristic features for comic effect:
Meaning behave in a silly or playful way:
Meaning play the part of (a character in a drama):
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Words that rhyme with impersonating
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