sarcastic

[ sahr-kas-tik ]

/ sɑrˈkæs tɪk /

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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.

OTHER WORDS FOR sarcastic

2 biting, cutting, mordant, bitter, derisive, ironic, sardonic.

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Sometimes sar·cas·ti·cal .

Origin of sarcastic

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

synonym study for sarcastic

2. See cynical.

OTHER WORDS FROM sarcastic

sar·cas·ti·cal·ly, adverbsar·cas·tic·ness, sar·cas·ti·cal·ness, nounqua·si-sar·cas·tic, adjectivequa·si-sar·cas·ti·cal·ly, adverb

su·per·sar·cas·tic, adjectivesu·per·sar·cas·ti·cal·ly, adverbun·sar·cas·tic, adjectiveun·sar·cas·ti·cal, adjectiveun·sar·cas·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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How to use sarcastic in a sentence

The progressive Cohen even sarcastically joked that another congressman was “a communist just like me.”
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Opponents sarcastically describe Chalghoumi as the “Imam of the Jews.”
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One commenter asked, sarcastically, whether a Jewish group should be expected to host a KKK speaker.
No One Loves a Liberal Zionist|Mira Sucharov|December 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Kinbote says Professor Pardon is “‘confusing me with some refugee from Nova Zembla’ [sarcastically stressing the ‘Nova’].”
Pale Fire and the Cold War: Redefining Vladimir Nabokov’s Masterpiece|Michael Weiss|October 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST

A bunch of people sarcastically asked whether I was planning to drop my health insurance.
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"Little man who has had a busy day with a job well done," Lamb paraphrased it sarcastically.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
"You seem to have a good opinion of yourself," remarked Grace, somewhat sarcastically.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
"You would as lieve it was anybody else; but your other friends have left you to die like a dog," said Robinson sarcastically.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
"A mighty nice world 't would be, I reckon, if you had the fixin' of it," Sukey remarked sarcastically.
The Story of the Big Front Door|Mary Finley Leonard
William, who was washing a saucepan, looked up and begged me sarcastically to accept the cordon bleu.
In Search of the Unknown|Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for sarcastic

sarcastic

/ (sɑːˈkæstɪk) /

adjective

characterized by sarcasm

given to the use of sarcasm

Derived forms of sarcastic

sarcastically, adverb

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