sarcastic
/sɑːˈkastɪk
/adjective
Marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt: making sarcastic comments I think they’re being sarcastic...
- How are you supposed to follow the story when you're constantly making sarcastic comments about the hammy acting?
- His sarcastic comment brought her out of her reverie like a bucket of cold water.
- I tried to think of a nasty sarcastic comment to make him leave me alone, but none came to mind.
Synonyms
sardonic, ironic, ironical, satirical;
derisive, scornful, contemptuous, mocking, ridiculing, sneering, jeering, scoffing, taunting, snide;
caustic, scathing, trenchant, mordant, cutting, sharp, stinging, acerbic, tart, acid
British informal sarky
rare mordacious, acidulous
Origin
Late 17th century: from French sarcastique, from sarcasme (see sarcasm), on the pattern of pairs such as enthousiasme, enthousiastique.
Rhymes
- saffron
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- saffrony
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- Safire, William
- safranin
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