sarcastic
/sɑːˈkastɪk
/adjective
Marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt: making sarcastic comments I think they’re being sarcastic...
- How are you supposed to follow the story when you're constantly making sarcastic comments about the hammy acting?
- His sarcastic comment brought her out of her reverie like a bucket of cold water.
- I tried to think of a nasty sarcastic comment to make him leave me alone, but none came to mind.
Synonyms
sardonic, ironic, ironical, satirical;
derisive, scornful, contemptuous, mocking, ridiculing, sneering, jeering, scoffing, taunting, snide;
caustic, scathing, trenchant, mordant, cutting, sharp, stinging, acerbic, tart, acid
British informal sarky
rare mordacious, acidulous
Origin
Late 17th century: from French sarcastique, from sarcasme (see sarcasm), on the pattern of pairs such as enthousiasme, enthousiastique.
Rhymes
- housewood
- housework
- houseworker
- house wrap
- house wrecker
- house wren
- housewright
- housey
- housey-housey
- housie
- housie-housie
- housil
- housing
- housing association
- housing benefit
- housing-bolt
- housing estate
- housing frame
- housing ladder
- housing list
- housing management
- housing project
- housing scheme
- housing screw
- housing start