Thesaurus / sarcasm
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So I’ve tried not to be sarcastic because sarcasm and humor do not translate.RON RIVERA TRIES TO KEEP WASHINGTON FOCUSED AMID INCREASING CORONAVIRUS DISRUPTIONSNICKI JHABVALANOVEMBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON POST
We try to always keep the self-deprecation in it because that optimism we feel about people does not have room for sarcasm or negativity.IS IT MORAL TO HAVE FACEBOOK AS A CLIENT? COLLEEN DECOURCY, WIEDEN+KENNEDY CO-PRESIDENT, ISN’T SO SUREEBEN SHAPIROOCTOBER 4, 2020TIME
A vein of shrewd and humorous sarcasm, together with an under-current of quiet selfishness, made him a very pleasant companion. 'TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.
He had often been floored by argument and coughed down by contempt, but he seemed alike insensible to sarcasm and to insult.MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTT
His manner disconcerts me; but the sarcasm of his words and the offensive tone rouse my resentment.PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMAN
Avoid sarcasm; it will, unconsciously to yourself, degenerate into pertness, and often downright rudeness.THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEY
I see you were not, said the stranger, an expression of quiet sarcasm playing about his mouth, or you would have known my name.OLIVER TWIST, VOL. II (OF 3)CHARLES DICKENS
The fun and sarcasm are a little bit sanctified, I think; I never say sharp things nowadays.TESSA WADSWORTH'S DISCIPLINEJENNIE M. DRINKWATER
The sarcasm of his tone, the courtesy of his manner, caused the hair to stir on the heads of his two sons.THE CIRCULAR STUDYANNA KATHARINE GREEN
Oh, no, said Tootles, falling back on sarcasm as he felt himself crumbling weakly; I came here expressly to beg you to refrain.THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSON
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 13, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO SARCASM
- badinage
- banter
- buffoonery
- burlesque
- caricature
- chaff
- comeback
- contempt
- derision
- dig
- disdain
- disparagement
- farce
- foolery
- gibe
- irony
- jab
- jeer
- laughter
- leer
- mockery
- mordancy
- needling
- parody
- parting shot
- persiflage
- put-on
- putdown
- raillery
- rally
- razz
- rib
- roast
- sarcasm
- sardonicism
- satire
- scorn
- slam
- sneer
- swipe
- taunt
- taunting
- travesty
- badinage
- banter
- buffoonery
- burlesque
- caricature
- chaff
- comeback
- contempt
- derision
- dig
- disdain
- disparagement
- farce
- foolery
- gibe
- irony
- jab
- jeer
- laughter
- leer
- mockery
- mordancy
- needling
- parody
- parting shot
- persiflage
- put-on
- putdown
- raillery
- rally
- razz
- rib
- roast
- sarcasm
- sardonicism
- satire
- scorn
- slam
- sneer
- swipe
- taunt
- taunting
- travesty
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