Alternative forms

• sarcastick (obsolete)

Etymology

Either from sarcasm +‎ -asticCategory:English terms suffixed with -astic#SARCASTIC or from FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#SARCASTICCategory:English terms derived from French#SARCASTIC sarcastique, from FrenchCategory:English terms derived from French#SARCASTIC sarcasme, from Late LatinCategory:English terms derived from Late Latin#SARCASTIC sarcasmus, ultimately from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#SARCASTIC σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “sarcasm”), itself from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#SARCASTIC σάρξ (sárx, literally “meat, flesh”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɑːˈkæs.tɪk/Category:English 3-syllable words#SARCASTICCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SARCASTIC
• (US) IPA^(key): /sɑɹˈkæs.tɪk/Category:English 3-syllable words#SARCASTICCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SARCASTIC

• Audio (Southern England):

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  Rhymes: -æstɪkCategory:Rhymes:English/æstɪk#SARCASTICCategory:Rhymes:English/æstɪk/3 syllables#SARCASTIC

• Hyphenation: sar‧cas‧tic

Adjective

sarcastic (comparative more sarcastic, superlative most sarcastic)Category:English lemmas#SARCASTICCategory:English adjectives#SARCASTICCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SARCASTICCategory:Pages with entries#SARCASTICCategory:Pages with 2 entries#SARCASTIC

1. Containing sarcasm.

   a sarcastic quipCategory:English terms with usage examples#SARCASTIC

   the teacher's sarcastic toneCategory:English terms with usage examples#SARCASTIC

   • 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:

     The unhappy Jew eyed their countenances and that of Front-de-Bœuf, in hope of discovering some symptoms of relenting; but that of the Baron exhibited the same cold, half-sullen, half-sarcastic smile which had been the prelude to his cruelty; […]

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   • 1850, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Machiavelli‎:

     The sarcastic bitterness of his conversation disgusted those who were more inclined to accuse his licentiousness than their own degeneracy, and who were unable to conceive the strength of those emotions which are concealed by the jests of the wretched, and by the follies of the wise.

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   • 1851 April 9, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:

     He smiled to himself, and threw a glance of fine sarcastic meaning towards Hepzibah.

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   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter II, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC:

     In men’s clubs such celebrations were, though expiring, less uncommon; but either the natural shyness of the softer sex, or a sarcastic attitude on the part of male relatives, had denuded such women’s clubs as remained (if any other did) or this their glory and consummation.

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2. (of a person) Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.
   • 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl:

     Her eyes slanted a little... and were sometimes full of fiery determination and sometimes dull and opaque. Her expression was never altogether amiable; was often, indeed, distinctly sullen, or, when she was animated, sarcastic.

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Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#SARCASTICCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#SARCASTIC sarcastique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sarˈkastik]Category:Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation#SARCASTIC

Adjective

sarcastic m or n (feminine singular sarcastică, masculine plural sarcastici, feminine/neuter plural sarcastice)Category:Romanian lemmas#SARCASTICCategory:Romanian adjectives#SARCASTICCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#SARCASTICCategory:Pages with entries#SARCASTICCategory:Pages with 2 entries#SARCASTIC

1. sarcastic

   Synonym: caustic

Adverb

sarcasticCategory:Romanian lemmas#SARCASTICCategory:Romanian adverbs#SARCASTICCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#SARCASTICCategory:Pages with entries#SARCASTICCategory:Pages with 2 entries#SARCASTIC

1. sarcastically

Related terms

• sarcasm