Meaning of sarcasm | Babel Free

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1. Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering
2. Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.
   uncountable
3. Mocking language used to insult someone or something or express contempt.
4. An individual act of the above
5. An individual act of the above.
   countable
6. Irony or bitterness, as of tone:acerbity, acidity, acridity, causticity, corrosiveness, mordacity, mordancy, trenchancy.
7. (the use of) unpleasant remarks intended to hurt a person's feelings. sarkasme سُخْرِيَه، تَهَكُّم сарказъм sarcasmo sarkasmus der Sarkasmus sarkasme σαρκασμόςsarcasmo sarkasm گوشه و كنايه sarkasmi sarcasme לַעַג עוֹקצָנִי व्यंग्योक्ति sarkazam, zajedljivost maró gúny sindiran kasar (mein)hæðni sarcasmo 皮肉 비꼼, 빈정댐 sarkazmas sarkasms sindiran sarcasmesarkasme, spydighet sarkazm پيغور، ملنډې، كيږي خبرې، دغندنى ډك انتقاد sarcasmo sarcasm сарказм sarkazmus porog sarkazam sarkasm, spydighet คำประช...
8. containing, or using, sarcasm. a sarcastic person. sarkasties سُخْري، تَهَكُّمي саркастичен sarcástico jízlivý sarkastisch sarkastisk σαρκαστικόςsarcástico sarkastiline طعنه آميز sarkastinen sarcastiqueסרקסטי व्यंग्यात्मक sarkastičan, zajedljiv (bántóan) gúnyos sarkastis meinhæðinn sarcastico 皮肉な 빈정 되는 sarkastiškas sarkastisks suka menyindir sarcastischsarkastisk, spydigsarkastyczny دپيغور، دملنډو sarcástico sarcastic язвительный sarkastický, uštipačný porogljiv sarkastičan sarkastisk, spydig...
9. sarkasties بِسُخْرِيَه، بِتَهَكُّم саркастично sarcasticamente kousavě sarkastisch sarkastiskt σαρκαστικάsarcásticamente sarkastiliselt منباب طعنه و كنايه sarkastisesti sarcastiquement בְּעוֹקצָנוּת व्यंगात्मकता से, व्यंग्य पूर्णता से sarkastično, zajedljivo gúnyosan secara sarkastis á meinhæðinn hátt sarcasticamente 皮肉に 비꼬아 sarkastiškai sarkastiski dengan penuh sindiran sarcastischsarkastisk, spydig sarkastycznie دپيغور په ډول، په ملنډو sarcasticamente sarcastic саркастически sarkasticky, uš...
10. A cutting, often ironic remark intended to express contempt or ridicule.
11. A form of wit characterized by the use of such remarks: detected a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
12. mocking, contemptuous, or ironic language intended to convey scorn or insult
13. the use or tone of such language
14. harsh or bitter derision or irony.

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Examples

“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.”

“2015, Alex Kozinski, Demuth v. County of Los Angeles, 798 F.3d 837, 839 (9th Cir. 2015). 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 volunteering for handcuffs. Demuth was obviously employing “a literary device known as sarcasm.” [Citation omitted.] Her statement was a snide way of refusing; no reasonable officer could have thought otherwise.”

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