sarcastic

See also: sarcàstic

English

Alternative forms

• sarcastick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑːˈkæstik/
• IPA^(key): /sɑɹˈkæstik/

  Rhymes: -æstɪk

Adjective

sarcastic (comparative more sarcastic, superlative most sarcastic)

1. Containing sarcasm.

   a sarcastic quip; the teacher's sarcastic tone

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

Containing sarcasm

• Arabic: ساخر m
• Catalan: sarcàstic
• Czech: sarkastický
• Dutch: sarcastisch (nl)
• Esperanto: sarkasma
• Finnish: sarkastinen (fi)
• German: sarkastisch (de)
• Greek: ειρωνικός (el) (eironikós), σαρκαστικός (el) (sarkastikós)
• Hungarian: gúnyos (hu), gunyoros, szarkasztikus (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: sarcastico (it)
• Latin: nāsūtus
• Polish: sarkastyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: sarcástico (pt) m
• Russian: саркасти́ческий (ru) (sarkastíčeskij), язви́тельный (ru) (jazvítelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgaiteach
• Spanish: sarcástico
• Swedish: sarkastisk (sv)
• Tagalog: mapanuya
• Turkish: alaycı (tr), müstehzi (tr)

Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm

• Catalan: sarcàstic
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 串 (yue) (cyun³) (slang)

• Dutch: sarcastisch (nl)
• Esperanto: sarkasmema
• Finnish: sarkastinen (fi)
• German: sarkastisch (de)
• Greek: σαρκαστικός (el) (sarkastikós), ειρωνικός (el) (eironikós)
• Hungarian: szarkasztikus (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: sarcastico (it)
• Latin: nāsūtus, dicax
• Polish: sarkastyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: sarcástico (pt) m
• Russian: саркасти́чный (ru) (sarkastíčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgaiteach
• Spanish: sarcástico
• Swedish: sarkastisk (sv)
• Tagalog: mapanuya
• Turkish: alaycı (tr), müstehzi (tr)

See also

• ironic
• sardonic
• snide

References

• “sarcastic”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Template:R:Encarta
• "sarcastic" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
• “sarcastic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

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Romanian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French sarcastique

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sarˈkastik]

Adjective

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

1. sarcastic

Declension

Declension of sarcastic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	sarcastic		sarcastică	sarcastici	sarcastice
	definite	sarcasticul		sarcastica	sarcasticii	sarcasticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	sarcastic		sarcastice	sarcastici	sarcastice
	definite	sarcasticului		sarcasticei	sarcasticelor	sarcasticilor

Synonyms

• caustic

Adverb

sarcastic

1. sarcastically

Related terms

• sarcasm