English

Alternative forms

• sarcastick (obsolete)

Adjective

sarcastic ‎(comparative more sarcastic, superlative most sarcastic)

1. Containing sarcasm.
2. (of a person) Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.
   • 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl

     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.

Synonyms

• sarky (British)
• snarky

Derived terms

• sarky

Translations

See also

• ironic
• sardonic
• snide

References

• “sarcastic” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• “sarcastic” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007)
• "sarcastic" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
• “sarcastic” in the Compact Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2007)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

Romanian

Etymology

French sarcastique

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sarˈkastik]

Adjective

sarcastic m, n ‎(feminine singular sarcastică, masculine plural sarcastici, feminine and neuter plural sarcastice)

1. sarcastic

Declension

Synonyms

• caustic

Adverb

sarcastic

1. sarcastically

Related terms

• sarcasm