Sarcasm
['sɑːkæz(ə)m] or ['sɑrkæzəm]
Definition
(noun.) witty language used to convey insults or scorn; 'he used sarcasm to upset his opponent'; 'irony is wasted on the stupid'; 'Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own'--Jonathan Swift.
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Definition
(n.) A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Taunt, gibe, fling, satire, irony, ridicule, cutting jest, satirical remark.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Gibe, chaff, irony, jeer, satire, ridicule, taunt, sardonicism
ANT:Eulogy, compliment, panegyric, eulogium
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Definition
n. a bitter sneer: a satirical remark in scorn or contempt: irony: a gibe.—adjs. Sarcas′tic -al containing sarcasm: bitterly satirical.—adv. Sarcas′tically.
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Examples
- I see you were not,' said the stranger; an expression of quiet sarcasm playing about his mouth; 'or you have known my name. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Leitner hated Loerke with an injured, writhing, impotent hatred, and Loerke treated Leitner with a fine-quivering contempt and sarcasm. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- New York's an awfully safe place, he added with a flash of sarcasm. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The servants will know _that_, said Rosamond, with the slightest touch of sarcasm. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Talk sentiment to him, and you would be answered by sarcasm. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In flute-like tones of sarcasm she said-- You can easily go after Mrs. Casaubon and explain your preference. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Happily,' said Mr Rugg, with sarcasm, 'I did not so far travel out of the record as to ask the gentleman for his name. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She did not care what unjust sarcasm might be hurled at her in reply. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- All I had to do, I said, with gloomy sarcasm, was to forget Dora. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I consider you, sir,' said Mr. Pott, moved by this sarcasm, 'I consider you a viper. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There was a faint touch of sarcasm in the reference to her son, and Archer knew it and had expected it. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- More than I am likely to get anywhere, said Lydgate, with rather a grating sarcasm in his tone. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mrs. Catherick returned to her chair, and looked at me with a grimmer sarcasm than ever. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He was persuaded their sarcasm all arose from envy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- These creatures never suspect--they have no idea of a sarcasm. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There are tremendous sarcasms against a landlord not a hundred miles from Middlemarch, who receives his own rents, and makes no returns. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- As I was a member of the committee, and helped to frame the Address, these sarcasms came home to me. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They swaggered up and down the almost deserted pier, and hurled curses, obscenity, and stinging sarcasms at our crew. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Sarcasms of which the severity amazed and puzzled me, harassed my ears; then flowed out the bitterest inuendoes against the pride of intellect. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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