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| Main Entry: | mordant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acid, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, cynical, disparaging, disrespectful, mean, poignant, pointed, sardonic, scathing, sharp, acerb |
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| Main Entry: | acrimonious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty in behavior, speech |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acid, angry, astringent, belligerent, biting, bitter, caustic, censorious, churlish, crabby, cranky, cross, cutting, indignant, irascible, irate, mad, mordant, peevish, petulant, sarcastic, sharp, spiteful, tart, testy, trenchant, wrathful, ireful, rancorous, splenetic |
| Antonyms: | kind, kindly, peaceable |
| Main Entry: | ironic/ironical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acrid, alert, arrogant, backbiting, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, clever, contemptuous, contradictory, critical, cutting, cynical, defiant, derisive, disparaging, exaggerated, implausible, incisive, incongruous, keen, mocking, mordant, pungent, quick-witted, ridiculous, sardonic, satirical, scathing, sharp, sneering, spicy, trenchant, twisted, witty, wry, chaffing, double-edged, jibing, paradoxical, satiric, scoffing, uncomplimentary |
| Antonyms: | considerate, deferential |
| Main Entry: | sarcastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, mocking in speech |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acid, acrimonious, arrogant, austere, backhanded, biting, bitter, brusque, captious, carping, caustic, contemptuous, corrosive, cutting, cynical, derisive, disillusioned, disparaging, disrespectful, evil, hostile, irascible, mean, mordant, offensive, ornery*, salty, sardonic, satirical, saucy*, scorching, scornful, scurrilous, severe, sharp, sneering, trenchant, acerb, chaffing, contumelious, cussed, ironical, needling, smart-alecky, snarling, taunting, twitting, weisenheiming |
| Notes: | sarcastic means 'derisive, tauntingly contemptuous,' while sardonic means 'bitterly scornful, cynically disdainful' |
| Antonyms: | kind, nice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sardonic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, arrogant, biting, bitter, carping, caustic, cynical, derisive, disrespectful, evil, irascible, mean, mocking, mordant, nasty, offensive, salty*, satirical, scorching, scornful, sharp, sneering, wise*, smart-alecky, taunting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | satirical/satiric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mocking |
| Synonyms: | abusive, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, censorious, cutting, cynical, farcical, incisive, mordant, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, bantering, chaffing, ironical, lampooning, paradoxical, parodying, ridiculing, spoofing, taunting |
| Main Entry: | scathing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, critical in remarks |
| Synonyms: | biting, brutal, burning, caustic, cruel, cutting, harsh, mordant, salty, sarcastic, scorching, scornful, severe, trenchant, withering, belittling, mordacious, searing, sulphurous |
| Antonyms: | generous, kind, nice, praising |
| Main Entry: | trenchant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic, scathing |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acid, acidulous, acute, astringent, biting, caustic, clear, clear-cut, crisp, critical, cutting, distinct, driving, dynamic, effective, effectual, emphatic, energetic, explicit, forceful, forcible, graphic, hurtful, impressive, incisive, intense, keen, mordant, penetrating, piquant, pointed, potent, powerful, pungent, salient, salty*, sardonic, sententious, severe, sharp, significant, strong, tart, unequivocal, unsparing, vigorous, weighty, well-defined, crushing, razor-sharp, to the point |
| Antonyms: | frivolous, gentle, impotent, kind, nice, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | truculent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belligerent, hateful |
| Synonyms: | abusive, aggressive, antagonistic, bad-tempered, barbarous, bellicose, brutal, bullying, caustic, combative, contentious, cross, defiant, ferocious, fierce, frightening, harsh, hostile, inhuman, intimidating, invective, mean, militant, mordant, obstreperous, opprobrious, ornery*, pugnacious, quarrelsome, rude, savage, scathing, scurrilous, sharp, sullen, terrifying, trenchant, violent, browbeating, contumelious, cowing, inhumane, mordacious, scrappy, terrorizing, vituperative, vituperous |
| Antonyms: | cooperative, gentle, mild, nice, tame |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ironic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acrid, alert, arrogant, backbiting, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, clever, contemptuous, contradictory, critical, cutting, cynical, defiant, derisive, disparaging, exaggerated, implausible, incisive, incongruous, keen, mocking, mordant, pungent, quick-witted, ridiculous, sardonic, satirical, scathing, sharp, sneering, spicy, trenchant, twisted, unexpected, witty, wry, chaffing, double-edged, ironical, jibing, paradoxical, satiric, scoffing, uncomplimentary |
| Antonyms: | sincere |
| Main Entry: | satirical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mocking |
| Synonyms: | abusive, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, censorious, cutting, cynical, farcical, incisive, mordant, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, bantering, chaffing, ironical, lampooning, paradoxical, parodying, ridiculing, satiric, spoofing, taunting |
| Main Entry: | caustic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | burning, corrosive |
| Synonyms: | abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, alkaline, astringent, biting, keen, mordant, pungent, tart, corroding, erosive |
| Antonyms: | calm, mild, soothing |
| Main Entry: | acrid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty in behavior or words |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, austere, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, harsh, mordant, sarcastic, sharp, trenchant, vitriolic |
| Antonyms: | complimentary, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | biting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acrimonious, bitter, caustic, cutting, incisive, mordant, scathing, severe, sharp, stinging, trenchant, withering |
| Antonyms: | kind, nice, sweet |
| Main Entry: | incisive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acid, biting, caustic, clear-cut, concise, crisp, cutting, laconic, mordant, penetrating, sardonic, satirical, scathing, severe, sharp, succinct, tart, terse, trenchant, acerb, drilling, slashing |
| Antonyms: | gentle, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | pungent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp, stinging in speech |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, acute, barbed, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, exciting, hot, incisive, keen, mordant, penetrating, peppery, piercing, poignant, pointed, provocative, racy, salt, salty, sarcastic, scathing, snappy, spicy, stimulating, stringent, telling, trenchant, zesty |
| Antonyms: | dull, mild |
| Main Entry: | severe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, harsh |
| Synonyms: | acute, arduous, ascetic, austere, bitter, bleak, consequential, critical, dangerous, dear, demanding, despotic, distressing, domineering, drastic, exacting, extreme, fierce, forbidding, grave, grim, grinding, hard, heavy, hefty, implacable, inclement, intemperate, intense, mordant, oppressive, overbearing, pitiless, punishing, rigorous, rugged, serious, sharp, sore, strenuous, stringent, taxing, toilsome, tough, tyrannical, unpleasant, unrelenting, violent, weighty, wicked, effortful |
| Antonyms: | calm, easy, facile, mild, temperate |
| Main Entry: | acid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bitter in words or behavior |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, biting, caustic, cutting, dry, harsh, hateful, hurtful, mordant, nasty, offensive, sarcastic, sharp, stinging, trenchant, vitriolic |
| Antonyms: | kind, nice |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | derision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Main Entry: | vigor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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