sarcastic

Adjective
US[sahr-kas-tik]/sɑrˈkæstɪk/3 syllables

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Adjective (1)

  1. expressing or expressive of ridicule that woundsOpposite unsarcasticSimilar barbed, black, satirical, sardonic, saturnine, corrosiveRelates to sarcasm, ironySee also critical, disrespectful

Related words satire noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Sar·cas′tic, Sar·cas′tic·al adjective

Expressing, or expressed by, sarcasm; characterized by, or of the nature of, sarcasm; given to the use of sarcasm; bitterly satirical; scornfully severe; taunting.

What a fierce and sarcastic reprehension would this have drawn from the friendship of the world!— Robert South

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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