| Main Entry: | sarcasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mocking remark |
Synonyms: |
acrimony, aspersion, banter, bitterness, burlesque, causticness, censure, comeback, contempt, corrosiveness, criticism, cut*, cynicism, derision, dig*, disparagement, flouting, invective, irony, lampooning, mockery, mordancy, put-down, raillery, rancor, ridicule, satire, scoffing, scorn, sharpness, sneering, superciliousness, wisecrack |
| Main Entry: | acerbity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harsh speech, behavior |
Synonyms: |
acrimoniousness, causticity, ill temper, irritability, rancor, rudeness, sarcasm, sarcasticness, vitriolicism |
Antonyms: |
kindness, sweetness |
| Main Entry: | acrimony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nasty behavior, speech |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, animosity, antipathy, asperity, astringency, belligerence, bitterness, churlishness, crankiness, harshness, ill will, irascibility, malevolence, malice, mordancy, peevishness, rancor, rudeness, sarcasm, spite, tartness, unkindness, virulence |
Antonyms: |
civility, courtesy, diplomacy, flattery, kindness, politeness, sweetness |
| Main Entry: | barb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pointed comment |
Synonyms: |
affront, criticism, cut, dig, gibe, insult, rebuff, sarcasm, scoff, sneer |
Antonyms: |
kindness, praise |
| Main Entry: | bitterness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agony |
Synonyms: |
acrimoniousness, anguish, asperity, distress, grievousness, harshness, hostility, mordancy, pain, painfulness, sarcasm, venom, virulence |
Antonyms: |
contentment, geniality, happiness, sweetness |
| Main Entry: | figure of speech |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turn of expression |
Synonyms: |
adumbration, allegory, alliteration, allusion, analogue, analogy, anaphora, anticlimax, antistrophe, antithesis, aposiopesis, apostrophe, asyndeton, bathos, communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device, comparison, conceit, device, echoism, ellipsis, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, flourish, flower, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, litotes, malapropism, manner of speaking, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, ornament, oxymoron, parable, paradox, parallel, personification, proteron, rhetoric, sarcasm, satire, simile, synecdoche, trope, tropology, turn of phrase, understatement, way of speaking |
| Main Entry: | gibe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ridicule |
Synonyms: |
comeback, cutting remark, derision, dig*, dump*, jab, jeer, joke, mockery, parting shot, put-down, rank-out, sarcasm, scoffing, slam*, sneer, swipe, taunt |
| Notes: | a gibe is an aggressive or derisive remark intended to have a telling effect; a jib is any triangular fore-and-aft sail |
Antonyms: |
commendation, praise |
| Main Entry: | invective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal abuse |
Synonyms: |
accusation, berating, billingsgate, blame, blasphemy, castigation, censure, condemnation, contumely, denunciation, diatribe, epithet, jeremiad, obloquy, philippic, reproach, revilement, sarcasm, scurrility, tirade, tongue-lashing, vilification, vituperation |
Antonyms: |
compliment, flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | put-down |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nasty commentary |
Synonyms: |
cut*, dig*, disparagement, gibe, humiliation, indignity, insult, jibe, knock*, pan, rebuff, sarcasm, slight, sneer*, snub, suppression |
Antonyms: |
flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | repartee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasant conversation |
Synonyms: |
answer, badinage, banter, bon mot, comeback, humor, irony, persiflage, pleasantry, quip, raillery, rejoinder, reply, response, retort, riposte, sally, sarcasm, satire, wit, witticism, wittiness, wordplay |
Antonyms: |
argument, disagreement, fight |