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sarcasms

sarcasms is the plural of sarcasm.

Meaning of sarcasm

Noun

sarcasm (countable and uncountable, plural sarcasms)

  1. (uncountable) 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
  2. (countable) An individual act of the above.

Questions about sarcasms

What is sarcasms the plural of?
Sarcasms is the plural of sarcasm.

Words near sarcasms in the dictionary

  1. sarcasm
  2. sarcasm detector
  3. sarcasm detectors
  4. sarcasm-impaired
  5. sarcasmous
  6. sarcasms
  7. sarcast
  8. sarcastic
  9. sarcastic fringehead
  10. sarcastic fringeheads
  11. sarcastical

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