sarcastic

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/sɑːˈkæs.tɪk/
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/sɑːˈkæs.tɪk/ · /sɑɹˈkæs.tɪk/ (US)

Definition of sarcastic

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Containing sarcasm.
    “a sarcastic quip”
    “the teacher's sarcastic tone”
    “The unhappy Jew eyed their countenances and that of Front-de-Bœuf, in hope of discovering some symptoms of relenting; but that of the Baron exhibited the same cold, half-sullen, half-sarcastic smile which had been the prelude to his cruelty; […]”
    “The sarcastic bitterness of his conversation disgusted those who were more inclined to accuse his licentiousness than their own degeneracy, and who were unable to conceive the strength of those emotions which are concealed by the jests of the wretched, and by the follies of the wise.”
    “He smiled to himself, and threw a glance of fine sarcastic meaning towards Hepzibah.”
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adj

  1. Containing sarcasm.
    “a sarcastic quip”
    “the teacher's sarcastic tone”
    “The unhappy Jew eyed their countenances and that of Front-de-Bœuf, in hope of discovering some symptoms of relenting; but that of the Baron exhibited the same cold, half-sullen, half-sarcastic smile which had been the prelude to his cruelty; […]”
    “The sarcastic bitterness of his conversation disgusted those who were more inclined to accuse his licentiousness than their own degeneracy, and who were unable to conceive the strength of those emotions which are concealed by the jests of the wretched, and by the follies of the wise.”
    “He smiled to himself, and threw a glance of fine sarcastic meaning towards Hepzibah.”
  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.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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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