
Meaning of SARCASTIC
| Pronunciation: | | sâr'kastik
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [adj] expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds |
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| | Synonyms: | | barbed, biting, black, grim, mordacious, mordant, nipping, pungent, sardonic, satiric, satirical, saturnine, wry |
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| | Antonyms: | | unsarcastic | | |
| | See Also: | | critical, disrespectful | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sar*cas"tic\, Sarcastical \Sar*cas"tic*al\, a.
Expressing, or expressed by, sarcasm; characterized by, or of
the nature of, sarcasm; given to the use of sarcasm; bitterly
satirical; scornfully severe; taunting.
What a fierce and sarcastic reprehension would this
have drawn from the friendship of the world! --South.
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