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sarcastic

[ sahr-kas-tik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm:
a sarcastic reply.
using or given to the use of sarcasm:
His business failures made him sarcastic about other people's ventures.
Synonyms: sardonic, ironic, derisive, bitter, mordant, cutting, biting

sarcastic

/ sɑːˈkæstɪk /

First recorded in 1685–95; sarc(asm) + -astic, on the model of enthusiasm ( def ): enthusiastic ( def ); -ic ( def )

He reminds me a lot of my own brothers who are funny, smart, and sarcastic dudes.

Hoffman plays Jon Savage, the sarcastic and pessimistic brother (and confidant) to his sister, Wendy.

The threads attached are short, the comments sarcastic, mostly wondering whether he actually died.

The acting is top-notch, and Parsons has won a pair of Emmys for his turn as the witty, sarcastic Sheldon.

And Downey is at his sarcastic, vulnerable, and megalomaniacal best in Iron Man 3.

Soon after they parted, with a sarcastic laugh from the Spaniard, and Ma'amselle mingled with the crowd.

If he had only been himself I should have had nothing more to desire, but he was in one of his bitter, sarcastic moods.

This, added to Woolf's sarcastic manner of speech, roused Trevithick's anger.

He obtained some success with the ladies by his sarcastic pleasantries in the fashion of the eighteenth century.

Lechmere grimly expressed his thanks, though the sarcastic force of the words and the wink were not lost on him.

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