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| Main Entry: | sarcasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mocking remark |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, aspersion, banter, bitterness, burlesque, censure, comeback, contempt, criticism, cut*, cynicism, derision, dig*, disparagement, invective, irony, mockery, put-down*, raillery, rancor, ridicule, satire, scorn, sneering, wisecrack, causticness, corrosiveness, flouting, lampooning, mordancy, scoffing, sharpness, superciliousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | acrimony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nasty behavior, speech |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, animosity, antipathy, asperity, bitterness, harshness, ill will, malevolence, malice, peevishness, rancor, rudeness, sarcasm, spite, tartness, astringency, belligerence, churlishness, crankiness, irascibility, mordancy, unkindness, virulence |
| Antonyms: | civility, courtesy, diplomacy, flattery, kindness, politeness, sweetness |
| Main Entry: | figure of speech |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turn of expression |
| Synonyms: | allegory, allusion, analogy, anticlimax, antithesis, bathos, comparison, conceit, device, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, flourish, flower, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, metaphor, ornament, parable, paradox, parallel, personification, rhetoric, sarcasm, satire, simile, understatement, adumbration, alliteration, analogue, anaphora, antistrophe, aposiopesis, apostrophe, asyndeton, communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device, echoism, ellipsis, litotes, malapropism, manner of speaking, metonymy, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, proteron, synecdoche, trope, tropology, turn of phrase, way of speaking |
| Main Entry: | gibe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ridicule |
| Synonyms: | comeback, derision, dig*, dump*, jab, jeer, joke, mockery, put-down*, sarcasm, slam*, sneer, swipe, taunt, cutting remark, parting shot, rank-out, scoffing |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal abuse |
| Synonyms: | accusation, blame, blasphemy, censure, condemnation, contumely, denunciation, diatribe, epithet, obloquy, philippic, reproach, sarcasm, tirade, tongue-lashing, vituperation, berating, billingsgate, castigation, jeremiad, revilement, scurrility, vilification |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | repartee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasant conversation |
| Synonyms: | answer, badinage, banter, comeback, humor, irony, persiflage, pleasantry, quip, raillery, rejoinder, reply, response, retort, riposte, sally, sarcasm, satire, wit, witticism, bon mot, wittiness, wordplay |
| Antonyms: | argument, disagreement, fight |
| Main Entry: | ridicule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contemptuous laughter at someone or something |
| Synonyms: | badinage, banter, burlesque, caricature, chaff, comeback, contempt, derision, dig*, disdain, disparagement, farce, gibe, irony, jab*, jeer, laughter, leer, mockery, parody, persiflage, raillery, rally, razz*, rib*, roast*, sarcasm, satire, scorn, slam*, sneer*, swipe*, taunt, travesty, buffoonery, foolery, mordancy, needling, parting shot, put-on, putdown, sardonicism, taunting |
| Antonyms: | flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | satire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ridicule intended to expose truth |
| Synonyms: | banter, burlesque, caricature, irony, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, persiflage, raillery, sarcasm, skit, spoof, takeoff*, travesty, wit, witticism, causticity, chaffing, lampoonery, play-on, put-on, send-up, squib* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scorn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contempt toward something |
| Synonyms: | contumely, derision, despite, disdain, disparagement, disregard, jeering, mockery, ridicule, sarcasm, slight, sneer, sport, teasing, contemptuousness, despisal, despisement, scoffing, scornfulness, taunting |
| Antonyms: | approval, delight, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | taunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provocation; teasing |
| Synonyms: | barb, censure, comeback, crack, cut, derision, dig, dump, gibe, insult, jab, jeer, mockery, outrage, put-down*, reproach, ridicule, sarcasm, slam*, slap*, snappy comeback*, swipe*, backhanded compliment, brickbat, dirty dig, parting shot |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vitriol |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitterness |
| Synonyms: | contempt, disdain, hostility, malevolence, sarcasm, venom, acrimoniousness, hatefulness, maliciousness, nastiness, virulence |
| Main Entry: | cynicism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acrimony |
| Synonyms: | bitterness, distrust, doubt, pessimism, sarcasm, misandry, misanthropy |
| Main Entry: | understatement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restrained statement |
| Synonyms: | distortion, irony, sarcasm, belittlement, litotes, oversimplification, underestimation |
| Antonyms: | exaggeration, hyperbole, overstatement |
| Main Entry: | acerbity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harsh speech, behavior |
| Synonyms: | irritability, rancor, rudeness, sarcasm, acrimoniousness, causticity, ill temper, sarcasticness, vitriolicism |
| Antonyms: | kindness, 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: | anguish, asperity, distress, harshness, hostility, pain, sarcasm, venom, acrimoniousness, grievousness, mordancy, painfulness, virulence |
| Antonyms: | contentment, geniality, happiness, sweetness |
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