HOW TO PRONOUNCE
sarcasm
/ˈsɑːɹˌkæzəm/
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What does sarcasm mean?
noun
- Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.
- An individual act of the above.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsɑːɹˌkæzəm/
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The tone seemed as if meant to be kind and soothing, but yet had a bitterness of sarcasm in it.
It seems as though an unfortunate woman were utterly bare beneath the sarcasm and the curiosity of all in small towns.
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The judge, on his part, wearied with the delay, and irritated by the sarcasm of his neighbours, grew dispirited and moody.
“Ah! . . . that idyllic folly,” said Chauvelin, with quiet sarcasm, “did not then survive the lapse of . . . weeks?”