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synonyms for satiric
- acerbic
- biting
- caustic
- corrosive
- mocking
- mordant
- sardonic
- satirical
- trenchant
- acerb
- acid
- acrimonious
- arrogant
- austere
- backhanded
- bitter
- brusque
- captious
- carping
- chaffing
- contemptuous
- contumelious
- cussed
- cutting
- cynical
- derisive
- disillusioned
- disparaging
- disrespectful
- evil
- hostile
- irascible
- ironical
- jeering
- mean
- needling
- offensive
- ornery
- salty
- saucy
- scoffing
- scorching
- scornful
- scurrilous
- severe
- sharp
- smart-alecky
- snarling
- sneering
- taunting
- twitting
- weisenheiming
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Ordinary narrative poems with no satiric intent were decked in Hudibrastic couplets for the sake of a superficial cleverness.
AESOP DRESS'DBERNARD MANDEVILLEBut of the hordes of scribblers that followed in the wake of Hudibras, scarcely any possessed Butler's sense of satiric propriety.
AESOP DRESS'DBERNARD MANDEVILLEEven in his creative work he had a satiric bent; his early training and associations, too, had been in journalistic satire.
THE LETTERS OF AMBROSE BIERCEAMBROSE BIERCEOn the original fabric of Bierce's mind the satiric strand has encroached more than the design allows.
THE LETTERS OF AMBROSE BIERCEAMBROSE BIERCEWith him painting was an instrument to disseminate the inventions of his poetic-satiric humour; it was a form of speech to him.
THE HISTORY OF MODERN PAINTING, VOLUME 1 (OF 4)RICHARD MUTHERAnd Madame Carré spun the sound to the finest satiric thread.
THE TRAGIC MUSEHENRY JAMESRather was it suggestive of melancholy thought, and it had won for him the satiric title of the "Deacon."
THE CODE OF THE MOUNTAINSCHARLES NEVILLE BUCKHe writes me a satiric, doubting letter—then shuts up his office and rushes for some river or lake.
TALES OF FISHESZANE GREYBut his hardship was fond of wielding the satiric lash, and that spirit leads to exaggeration.
FLOWERS OF FREETHOUGHTGEORGE W. FOOTESometimes they are not satiric: satire is not pure charm, and the artist has allowed himself to "go in" for pure charm.
PICTURE AND TEXTHENRY JAMESWORDS RELATED TO SATIRIC
- acrid
- alert
- arrogant
- backbiting
- biting
- bitter
- burlesque
- caustic
- chaffing
- clever
- contemptuous
- contradictory
- critical
- cutting
- cynical
- defiant
- derisive
- disparaging
- double-edged
- exaggerated
- implausible
- incisive
- incongruous
- ironical
- jibing
- keen
- mocking
- mordant
- paradoxical
- pungent
- quick-witted
- ridiculous
- sardonic
- satiric
- satirical
- scathing
- scoffing
- sharp
- sneering
- spicy
- trenchant
- twisted
- uncomplimentary
- unexpected
- witty
- wry
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- critical
- cutting
- cynical
- defiant
- derisive
- disparaging
- double-edged
- exaggerated
- implausible
- incisive
- incongruous
- jibing
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- mocking
- mordant
- paradoxical
- pungent
- quick-witted
- ridiculous
- sardonic
- satiric
- satirical
- scathing
- scoffing
- sharp
- sneering
- spicy
- trenchant
- twisted
- uncomplimentary
- witty
- wry
- acrid
- alert
- arrogant
- backbiting
- biting
- bitter
- burlesque
- caustic
- chaffing
- clever
- contemptuous
- contradictory
- critical
- cutting
- cynical
- defiant
- derisive
- disparaging
- double-edged
- exaggerated
- implausible
- incisive
- incongruous
- ironical
- jibing
- keen
- mocking
- mordant
- paradoxical
- pungent
- quick-witted
- ridiculous
- sardonic
- satiric
- satirical
- scathing
- scoffing
- sharp
- sneering
- spicy
- trenchant
- twisted
- uncomplimentary
- unexpected
- witty
- wry
- acrid
- alert
- arrogant
- backbiting
- biting
- bitter
- burlesque
- caustic
- chaffing
- clever
- contemptuous
- contradictory
- critical
- cutting
- cynical
- defiant
- derisive
- disparaging
- double-edged
- exaggerated
- implausible
- incisive
- incongruous
- jibing
- keen
- mocking
- mordant
- paradoxical
- pungent
- quick-witted
- ridiculous
- sardonic
- satiric
- satirical
- scathing
- scoffing
- sharp
- sneering
- spicy
- trenchant
- twisted
- uncomplimentary
- witty
- wry
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.