SARCASM
\sˈɑːkazəm], \sˈɑːkazəm], \s_ˈɑː_k_a_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of SARCASM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Johathan Swift
By Princeton University
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A keen, reproachful, cutting expression; a taunt or gibe; irony.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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