sarcasm
noun
[ ˈsɑːkaz(ə)m ]
• the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.
• "she didn't like the note of sarcasm in his voice"
Similar:
derision,
mockery,
ridicule,
satire,
irony,
scorn,
sneering,
scoffing,
gibing,
taunting,
trenchancy,
mordancy,
acerbity,
causticity,
mordacity,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French sarcasme, or via late Latin from late Greek sarkasmos, from Greek sarkazein ‘tear flesh’, in late Greek ‘gnash the teeth, speak bitterly’ (from sarx, sark- ‘flesh’).
