Sarcastic

//sɑːˈkæs.tɪk// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Containing sarcasm.

    "a sarcastic quip"

  2. 2
    Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.

    "Her eyes slanted a little... and were sometimes full of fiery determination and sometimes dull and opaque. Her expression was never altogether amiable; was often, indeed, distinctly sullen, or, when she was animated, sarcastic."

Adjective
  1. 1
    expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds wordnet

Synonyms

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corrosivesardonicsatiricalacerbacerbicacid

Example

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"Spenser's sarcastic and joking remarks are often misinterpreted as signs of ambivalence and often taken too seriously."

Etymology

Either from sarcasm + -astic or from French sarcastique, from French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmus, ultimately from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “sarcasm”), itself from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, literally “meat, flesh”).

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