sarcastic
Syllables: sar·cas·tic/sɑːˈkæs.tɪk/US/sɑɹˈkæs.tɪk/
sarcastic adjective: containing sarcasm.
Adjective
sarcastic (comparative more sarcastic, superlative most sarcastic)
- Containing sarcasm.
- a sarcastic quip
- the teacher's sarcastic tone
- Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.
- 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.1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl
sarcastic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
sarcastic in Hindi
- sarcastic, sharp-tongued
- कटीला kaṭīlā
sarcastic in Tamil
- வசைப்பாங்கு, வடுச் சொல்லான
sarcastic in Urdu
- اہانت آمیز
sarcastic in Bengali
- বিদ্রূপাত্মক, কটাক্ষপূর্ণ, তাচ্ছিল্যমূলক
More languagesFewer languages
- sarcastic in Malayalam
- രൂക്ഷപരിഹാസമുൾക്കൊള്ളുന്ന, തീക്ഷ്ണമായ, കുത്തുവാക്കായ, നിന്ദാഗർഭമായ
- sarcastic in Kannada
- ಕಟುವಾದ, ಅಣಕದ, ಕಟಕಿ, ವ್ಯಂಗ್ಯಾತ್ಮಕ
- sarcastic in Tagalog
- mapanuya
- sarcastic in Arabic
- ساخر
- sarcastic in Indonesian
- sarkastis
Examples of sarcastic in a sentence
- The colloquial, and at times sarcastic, tone of her books makes her popular with teenagers.
- I was about to make a sarcastic remark but caught myself just in time.
- His older sibling constantly ridiculed him with sarcastic remarks.
Synonyms of sarcastic
Forms of sarcastic
| comparative | more sarcastic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sarcastic |
| alternative form (obsolete) | sarcastick |
Origin of sarcastic
Either from sarcasm + -astic or from French sarcastique, from French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmus, ultimately from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “sarcasm”), itself from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, literally “meat, flesh”).
Words formed from sarcastic
Phrases with sarcastic
Words that rhyme with sarcastic
- plastic
- elastic
- fantastic
- bombastic
- mastic
- spastic
- heteroplastic
- inelastic
- periphrastic
- pleonastic
- aclastic
- alloplastic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- anaclastic
- anaplastic
- anticlastic
- aplastic
- autoplastic
- basiplastic
- ceroplastic
- chiastic
- clastic
- cosmoplastic
- drastic
- encomiastic
- enthusiastic
- epispastic
- gelastic
- gymnastic
- heteroblastic
- holophrastic
- homoblastic
- homoplastic
- macroplastic
- normoplastic
- onomastic
- paraphrastic
- synclastic
- achondroplastic
- agelastic
- antineoplastic
- antiphrastic
- antispastic
- apicoplastic
- autoschediastic
- cataclastic
- chiliastic
- conplastic
- cranioplastic
- docimastic
- dramastic
- dynastic
- dysplastic
- ecclesiastic
- ectoblastic
- ectoplastic
- electroplastic
- emplastic
- epiblastic
- epinastic
- esemplastic
Questions about sarcastic
- What does sarcastic mean?
- Sarcastic means containing sarcasm.
- What is sarcastic in Hindi?
- Sarcastic in Hindi is कटीला (kaṭīlā). See Sarcastic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sarcastic?
- Sarcastic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce sarcastic?
- Sarcastic is pronounced /sɑːˈkæs.tɪk/ (UK).
Words near sarcastic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sarcastic (page history and authors); कटीला (Hindi) (page history and authors); sarcastic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sarcastic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sarcastic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sarcastic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sarcastic (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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