The meaning of Sarcastic

adjective

(especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.

Usage examples:

His acerbic wit

adjective

Able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action.

Usage examples:

A caustic cleaner

noun

A caustic substance.

Usage examples:

Spent grain, yeast, ethanol, and acids and caustics used for cleaning are all sent out to be used f…

adjective

Strongly critical

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A caustic remark

adjective

Showing contempt; scornful.

Usage examples:

She was intolerant and contemptuous of the majority of the human race

noun

The action of cutting something.

Usage examples:

The cutting of the cake

adjective

Capable of cutting something.

Usage examples:

The cutting blades of the hedge trimmer

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Usage examples:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

adjective

Expressing contempt or ridicule.

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He gave a harsh, derisive laugh

adjective

Showing derision

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Derisive laughter, a derisive comment/remark

adjective

Using or characterized by irony.

Usage examples:

His mouth curved into an ironic smile

adjective

Using words that suggest the opposite of what you intend, usually in order to be humorous

Usage examples:

The play was full of witty, ironic banter., [ + that clause ] it’s really ironic that i would be as…

adjective

Making rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice.

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The jeering crowds

verb

Make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice.

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Some of the younger men jeered at him

noun

The action of laughing or shouting insults at someone to show you have no respect for them

Usage examples:

Loud jeering from the opposition parties, i shouted to be heard above the jeering of my colleagues.

adjective

Making fun of someone or something in a cruel way; derisive.

Usage examples:

He got jeers and mocking laughter as he addressed the marchers

verb

Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.

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Opposition mps mocked the government's decision

adjective

Mocking behaviour involves laughing at someone or something in an unkind way

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A mocking voice, mocking humour/laughter

adjective

(especially of humour) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting.

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A mordant sense of humour

noun

A substance, typically an inorganic oxide, that combines with a dye or stain and thereby fixes it in a material.

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In order to get the color to stick well on the fiber, the wool was usually pretreated with a metal …

verb

Impregnate or treat (a fabric) with a mordant.

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Mordanting a fibre is simple

verb

Subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.

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His theory was ridiculed and dismissed

noun

The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.

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He is held up as an object of ridicule

adjective

Grimly mocking or cynical.

Usage examples:

Starkey attempted a sardonic smile

adjective

Containing or using satire.

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A new york-based satirical magazine

adjective

Witheringly scornful; severely critical.

Usage examples:

She launched a scathing attack on the prime minister

verb

Harm; injure.

Usage examples:

He was barely scathed

adjective

Severely critical and unkind

Usage examples:

He delivered a scathing attack on the president.

adjective

Contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something.

Usage examples:

A scoffing cabin crew tells her there's no shower on the plane

noun

Contemptuous ridicule or mockery.

Usage examples:

He had to overcome the scoffing of theoretical physicists

verb

Speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.

Usage examples:

Patrick professed to scoff at soppy love scenes in films

adjective

Feeling or expressing contempt or derision.

Usage examples:

The opposition were scornful of the prime minister's proposal

adjective

(of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something.

Usage examples:

Cut the cake with a very sharp knife

adverb

Precisely (used after an expression of time).

Usage examples:

The meeting starts at 7.30 sharp

noun

A musical note raised a semitone above natural pitch.

Usage examples:

Choices in successive levels expand to all notes, then sharps and flats.

adjective

Contemptuous or mocking.

Usage examples:

He made a sneering comment about their closeness

noun

The action of smiling or speaking in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

Usage examples:

It will take a concerted effort from many to lay off the sneering—and try understanding

verb

Smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

Usage examples:

She had sneered at their bad taste

adjective

Derogatory or mocking in an indirect way.

Usage examples:

Snide remarks about my mother

noun

An unpleasant or underhand person.

Usage examples:

He's not a snide, he's better than most

adjective

Having a sting; capable of wounding or piercing with a sting.

Usage examples:

A swarm of stinging insects

verb

Wound or pierce with a sting.

Usage examples:

He was stung by a jellyfish

adjective

Intended to provoke someone in an insulting or contemptuous manner.

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Taunting comments

verb

Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks.

Usage examples:

Pupils began taunting her about her weight

noun

The act of intentionally annoying and upsetting someone by making unkind remarks, laughing unkindly at them, etc.

Usage examples:

Bullying often consists of teasing or taunting rather than physical violence., the players are far …

adjective

Vigorous or incisive in expression or style.

Usage examples:

The white paper makes trenchant criticisms of health authorities

adjective

(of something said or written) forcefully and effectively expressed, and often in few words

Usage examples:

I enjoy reading murray’s trenchant comments on the relationship between sports and society.