Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Expressing or marked by sarcasm.
- adjective Given to using sarcasm.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by sarcasm; bitterly cutting; scornfully severe; taunting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Containing
sarcasm . - adjective of a person Having the
personality trait of expressing sarcasm.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A few years ago, a clever webhead created a site advocating the use of what he called the sarcastic font.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed RUSSELL SMITH 2011
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Ann says or, more accurately, implies that the word "sarcastic" is code for step back, little lady.
"Several moderate-Democrat friends of mine have been emailing--few if any would ever vote for McCain--but all agree that Palin was very strong." Ann Althouse 2008
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In Hebrew those passages have a distinct voice, a unique identifiable tone characterized as sarcastic and prone to the use of word puns.
"My problem was, how am I going to draw God?" Ann Althouse 2009
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Further, your attempt at being either insulting or sarcastic is duly noted, and not at all impressive.
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1: 59 PM gomer said ... for once i gut nuthin 'sarcastic ta say. so, i dont care what she looks like now. i know what she looked like then. boy do i.
Happy Birthday, Cassandra Peterson Bill Crider 2007
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Additionally, it would have created two solid couples with one single, sarcastic womanizing outcast (Barney) — CBS already has RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, and let’s face it, single and sarcastic is all David Spade knows.
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I don’t know why you feel that being insulting and sarcastic is productive.
Why I Am Not a Poet-Mom : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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She ended the text with what police described as a sarcastic "awesome."
Wife and Children Among Victims of Shooter in Santa Suit, Police Say Daniel Gilbert 2011
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Palin isnt going to be there in the debates to hold his hand and if Mccain performs like he did during the beneath the radar repub primary debates aka sarcastic, angry and all over the shop on issues I doubt many of us will remember Palin in say Jan 09
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Go to johnmccain. com, where the lead item is what can best be described as a sarcastic Valentine's Day eCard declaring that "The media is in LOVE" with Obama.
sarahlena commented on the word sarcastic
irony
May 15, 2009