sarcasm

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  1. noun A cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound.
  2. noun A form of wit that is marked by the use of sarcastic language and is intended to make its victim the butt of contempt or ridicule.
  3. noun The use of sarcasm. See Synonyms at wit1.

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  • "Lucky me," Gary answered, but his sarcasm was apparently lost on Kelsey. —  Spearwielder's Tale 3.htm
  • “So, do you need to write an order for that, too?” I thought the sarcasm was a great sign Thirty-six While Merritt called Cozy, I paged her uncle. —  CriticalConditions
  • Although Fothergill did not encourage my precocious affection for the press, wisely holding that a literary life was one reserved only for the few, and, like matrimony, not to be “taken in hand unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly,” he did not, as so many men in his place might have done, stamp ruthlessly upon my aspirations or subject them to that cruel sarcasm which is so killing to the ambitions of the young. —  Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885
  • Okay, so perhaps my sarcasm was a little over the top. —  Joust The Facts
  • I decided to suffer through a few minutes of the gasbags on NBC and just as I tune in I hear Olbermann saying oh so sternly, "I have to wonder though, if the sarcasm was the proper tone." —  Michelle Malkin
 

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irony ·  satire ·  scorn ·  ridicule ·  humour ·  malice ·  raillery ·  bitterness ·  sneer ·  cynicism ·  invective ·  amusement
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  1. Late Latin sarcasmus, from Greek sarkasmos, from sarkazein, to bite the lips in rage, from sarx, sark-, flesh.

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  1. from French sarcasme = Provencal Spanish Portuguese Italian sarcasmo, from Latin sarcasmus, sarcasmos, from Greek σαρκασ, σ1μός, a sneer, from σαρκάζειν, tear flesh like dogs, bite the lips in rage, sneer, from σάρξ (σαρκ-,) flesh.
 

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/ˈsɑrkæzm/
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