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sarcasm

/ˈsɑːɹˌkæzəm/

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What does sarcasm mean?

noun

  1. Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.
  2. 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.
Nathaniel HawthorneThe House of the Seven GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #77
It seems as though an unfortunate woman were utterly bare beneath the sarcasm and the curiosity of all in small towns.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
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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.
John MunroHeroes of the TelegraphProject Gutenberg ebook #979
“Ah! . . . that idyllic folly,” said Chauvelin, with quiet sarcasm, “did not then survive the lapse of . . . weeks?”
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness OrczyThe Scarlet PimpernelProject Gutenberg ebook #60