sarcastic
adjective/sɑːˈkæstɪk/
/sɑːrˈkæstɪk/
(also British English, informal sarky)
- showing or expressing sarcasm
- sarcastic comments
- a sarcastic manner
- ‘There's no need to be sarcastic,’ she said.
Extra Examples- He looked up and forced a sarcastic smile.
- Her tone was faintly sarcastic.
- She was waiting for him to make some sarcastic comment.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- get
- …
- extremely
- rather
- very
- …
- about
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French sarcastique, from sarcasme (see sarcasm), on the pattern of pairs such as enthousiasme, enthousiastique.Definitions on the go
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