Sarcastic

English

Adjective

Sarcastic (comparative more Sarcastic, superlative most Sarcastic)

1. Containing sarcasm.
2. (of a person) Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.

Synonyms

• sarky (British)
• snarky

Derived terms

• sarky

Thesaurus

Rabelaisian, acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, biting, bitter, captious, carping, caustic, cavilling, censorious, contemptuous, contumelious, corrosive, critical, cutting, cynical, derisive, derisory, disdainful, dry, harsh, incisive, ironic, ironical, jeering, malefic, malevolent, malicious, mocking, mordant, nasty, poisonous, pungent, ridiculing, sardonic, satiric, satirical, scathing, scornful, sharp, spiteful, stinging, tart, trenchant, venomous, virulent

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstɪk

Translations

Containing sarcasm

Dutch: sarcastisch (nl) German: sarkastisch (de) Greek: σαρκαστικός (el) (sarkastikós) Italian: sarcastico (it)

Portuguese: sarcástico (pt) m. Russian: саркастический (ru) (sarkastíčeskij), язвительный (ru) (jazvítel'nyj) Scottish Gaelic: sgaiteach (gd) Spanish: sarcástico (es)

Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm

Dutch: sarcastisch (nl) German: sarkastisch (de) Greek: σαρκαστικός (el) (sarkastikós) Italian: sarcastico (it)

Portuguese: sarcástico (pt) m. Russian: саркастичный (ru) (sarkastíčnyj) Scottish Gaelic: sgaiteach (gd) Spanish: sarcástico (es)

See also

• ironic
• sardonic
• snide

References

• "sarcastic" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
• "sarcastic" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
• "sarcastic" in Compact Oxford English Dictionary, © Oxford University Press, 2007.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

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Romanian

Adjective

Sarcastic ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. sarcastic

Declension

declension of Sarcastic</small>

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	Sarcastic	Sarcastic	Sarcastică	Sarcastici	Sarcastice	Sarcastice
	definite	Sarcasticul	Sarcasticul	Sarcastica	Sarcasticii	Sarcasticele	Sarcasticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	Sarcastic	Sarcastic	Sarcastice	Sarcastici	Sarcastice	Sarcastice
	definite	Sarcasticului	Sarcasticului	Sarcasticei	Sarcasticilor	Sarcasticelor	Sarcasticelor

Synonyms

• caustic

Adverb

Sarcastic

1. sarcastically

Related terms

• sarcasm

Etymology

French sarcastique

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sarˈkastik]