sarcasm
UK/ˈsɑːˌkæzəm//ˈsɑːɹˌkæzəm/
sarcasm noun: use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.
Noun
sarcasm (countable and uncountable, plural sarcasms)
- Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.
- Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- While challenging someone equipped with a badge, handcuffs and a gun to “arrest me” was unwise on Demuth’s part, we fail to see what legal difference her statement makes. Demuth certainly could not authorize her own arrest and, in any event, Li could not reasonably have believed that Demuth was...2015, Alex Kozinski, Demuth v. County of Los Angeles, 798 F.3d 837, 839 (9th Cir. 2015).
- An individual act of the above.
sarcasm meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
sarcasm in Hindi
- derision, facetiousness
- ताना tānā, व्यंग-कथ vyaṅg-kath, व्यंग vyaṅg
sarcasm in Tamil
- நையாண்டி, கேலி, பரிகாசம், கிண்டல், ஏளனம், உறைப்பான பேச்சு
sarcasm in Urdu
- sarcasm
- استہزا istehzā
sarcasm in Bengali
- বিদ্রূপ, তিরস্কারমূলক ব্যঙ্গ, কটাক্ষ
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- sarcasm in Telugu
- వ్యంగ్యము vyaṅgyamu
- sarcasm in Malayalam
- കുത്തുവാക്ക്, മുള്ളുവാക്ക്, നിന്ദ, നിന്ദാസ്തുതി
- sarcasm in Kannada
- ಕೊಂಕುಮಾತು, ಕೊಂಕುನುಡಿ, ಕೊಕ್ಕೆಮಾತು, ಕೆಣಕು ಮಾತು
- sarcasm in Punjabi
- ਵਿਅੰਗ viaṅga
- sarcasm in Sanskrit
- विचित्र vicitra
- sarcasm in Tagalog
- gayambalbal, pang-uuyam
- sarcasm in Arabic
- النقد الساخر, سُخْرِيَّة suḵriyya, تَهَكُّم tahakkum
- sarcasm in Indonesian
- sarkasme
- sarcasm in Persian
- طعنه ta'ne, گواژه govâže
- sarcasm in Thai
- การแดกดัน gaan-dɛ̀ɛk-dan, การประชด gaan-bprà-chót, การประชดประชัน gaan-bprà-chót-bprà-chan, การพูดถากถาง gaan-pûut-tàak-tǎang
- sarcasm in Vietnamese
- sự nói mỉa, sự mỉa mai
Examples of sarcasm in a sentence
- (with sarcasm) Well, well. Look who's back. And they said we'd never see him again.
- I have had it up to here with his sarcasm.
- Anticipating Wally's inevitable sarcasm, Boris let fly with a few cutting remarks in a stunning act of prevenge.
Synonyms of sarcasm
Forms of sarcasm
| plural | sarcasms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sarc |
Origin of sarcasm
From Late Latin sarcasmus, from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “a sneer”), from σαρκάζω (sarkázō, “to gnash the teeth (in anger)”, literally “to strip off the flesh”), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”).
Words formed from sarcasm
Phrases with sarcasm
Questions about sarcasm
- What does sarcasm mean?
- Sarcasm means use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.
- What is sarcasm in Hindi?
- Sarcasm in Hindi is ताना (tānā), व्यंग-कथ (vyaṅg-kath), व्यंग (vyaṅg). See Sarcasm meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sarcasm?
- Sarcasm is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sarcasm?
- Sarcasm is pronounced /ˈsɑːɹˌkæzəm/ (US).
- What is the plural of sarcasm?
- The plural of sarcasm is sarcasms.
Words near sarcasm in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sarcasm (page history and authors); sarcasm (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); استہزا (Urdu) (page history and authors); sarcasm (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sarcasm (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sarcasm (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); विचित्र (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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