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sarcastic adjective [ sɑːˈkastɪk ]

• marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt.
• "making sarcastic comments"
Similar: sardonic, ironic, ironical, satirical, derisive, scornful, contemptuous, mocking, ridiculing, sneering, jeering, scoffing, taunting, snide, caustic, scathing, trenchant, mordant, cutting, sharp, stinging, acerbic, tart, acid, sarky, mordacious, acidulous,
Origin: late 17th century: from French sarcastique, from sarcasme (see sarcasm), on the pattern of pairs such as enthousiasme, enthousiastique .


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