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| 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 |
| Notes: | sarcastic means 'derisive, tauntingly contemptuous,' while sardonic means 'bitterly scornful, cynically disdainful' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | backhanded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | underhanded |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, equivocal, sarcastic, sardonic, double-edged, two-edged |
| Main Entry: | contemptuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant, insolent |
| Synonyms: | audacious, bold, cavalier, cheeky, condescending, cool, derisive, disdainful, disrespectful, hard, hard-nosed, haughty, high and mighty*, insulting, opprobrious, sardonic, scornful, sneering, snippy, snobbish, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, temperamental, uppity, upstage, cold-shoulder, contumelious, derisory, dog it, high hat, on high horse |
| Antonyms: | humble, polite, respected, shy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cutting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, hateful |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acid, acrimonious, barbed, biting, bitter, caustic, clear-cut, crisp, hurtful, incisive, malicious, penetrating, piercing, pointed, raw, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, severe, sharp, stinging, trenchant, ingoing, probing, wounding |
| Antonyms: | kind, nice, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | cynical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonbelieving; doubtful |
| Synonyms: | contemptuous, derisive, ironic, misanthropic, mocking, pessimistic, sarcastic, sardonic, scornful, skeptical, sneering, suspicious, unbelieving, wry, misanthropical, scoffing |
| Antonyms: | believing, hopeful, optimistic, trusting, undoubting |
| 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: | mordant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acid, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, cynical, disparaging, disrespectful, mean, poignant, pointed, sardonic, scathing, sharp, acerb |
| Main Entry: | quizzical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appearing confused or curious |
| Synonyms: | amusing, arch, derisive, disbelieving, eccentric, incredulous, inquiring, inquisitive, mocking, odd, quaint, queer, questioning, sardonic, searching, skeptical, supercilious, suspicious, teasing, unbelieving, unusual, aporetic, bantering, probing, show-me |
| Antonyms: | certain, understanding |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | kind, nice |
* = 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: | 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: | wry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic, distorted |
| Synonyms: | askew, awry, crooked, cynical, deformed, droll, dry, ironic, mocking, sardonic, twisted, uneven, aslant, contorted, warped |
| Antonyms: | straight, straightforward |
| 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: | bitter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile, nasty |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, alienated, antagonistic, biting, caustic, crabby, divided, embittered, fierce, freezing, hateful, intense, irreconcilable, morose, sardonic, severe, sore, sour, stinging, sullen, virulent, vitriolic, begrudging, estranged, rancorous, resentful, with chip on shoulder |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, content, genial, kind, nice, pleasant, 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: | keen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp, piercing |
| Synonyms: | acid, acute, caustic, cutting, extreme, fine, incisive, intense, observant, penetrating, perceptive, pointed, quick-witted, sardonic, satirical, strong, tart, trenchant, edged, honed, razor-sharp, unblunted |
| Antonyms: | blunt, dull, obtuse, pointless |
| Main Entry: | dry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic, sharp-tongued |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, arcane, biting, caustic, cutting, cynical, deadpan, droll, harsh, humorous, keen, low-key, restrained, salty, sardonic, satirical, sharp, sly, sour, subtle, tart, ironical |
| Main Entry: | sharp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hurtful, bitter in speech |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, angry, barbed, biting, caustic, cutting, harsh, incisive, inconsiderate, penetrating, peppery, piercing, pointed, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, severe, short, stinging, tart, thoughtless, trenchant, unceremonious, ungracious, virulent, vitriolic, double-edged, stabbing |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, 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: | defamation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
abusive, black-mouthed, bumptious, calumniatory, calumnious, cavalier, contemptible, contemptuous, contumelious, cynical, defamatory, derisive, derogatory, despicable, despised, detracting, detractory, disdainful, disparaging, downtrodden, foul-mouthed, foul-tongued, haughty, libelous, maledicent, opprobrious, pejorative, pilgarlicky, pitiable, pitiful, sarcastic, sardonic, satirical, scornful, scurrile, scurrilous, slanderous, sniffy, supercilious, thersitical, turpid, unenvied, vilipendious, vituperative, wanky, withering
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