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Sarcasm   /sˈɑrkˌæzəm/   Listen
Sarcasm

noun
1.
Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.  Synonyms: caustic remark, irony, satire.  "Irony is wasted on the stupid" , "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"






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"Sarcasm" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mark," said Frank, with cool sarcasm, "that you should be inconvenienced about your meals. Perhaps you will excuse it, as my poor mother is so sick that she requires extra attention from the servants. Deborah, if possible, don't let Mark wait much longer. It seems to be ...
— Making His Way - Frank Courtney's Struggle Upward • Horatio Alger, Jr.

... said, in a tone of plaintive sarcasm. "This is a perty way to do!" (He was alluding to the personal spitefulness of the elements.) "I'd like to know what's the sense of it—ole sun pourin' down every day in the week when nobody needs it, then cloud up and rain all Saturday! ...
— Short Stories of Various Types • Various

... Brasher with thinly disguised sarcasm. "'Member the job of yours near Yonkers, where you got in with a rope hooked around a chimney and climbin' irons. 'Member ...
— Death Points a Finger • Will Levinrew

... he said with elaborate sarcasm. "This bein' yo' school-house over hyeh, an' me not bein' a scholar, I reckon I'm ...
— The Trail of the Lonesome Pine • John Fox, Jr.

... he was poor, I didn't mention him," replied Mendel, with unintentional sarcasm. "But I've heard from him several times. We both came over from Poland together, but the Board of Guardians sent him and a lot of others on to ...
— Children of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill


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