| Main Entry: | sarcastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, mocking in speech |
Synonyms: |
acerb, acerbic, acid, acrimonious, arrogant, austere, backhanded, biting, bitter, brusque, captious, carping, caustic, chaffing, contemptuous, contumelious, corrosive, cussed, cutting, cynical, derisive, disillusioned, disparaging, disrespectful, evil, hostile, irascible, ironical, mean, mordant, needling, offensive, ornery*, salty, sardonic, satirical, saucy*, scorching, scornful, scurrilous, severe, sharp, smart-alecky, snarling, sneering, taunting, trenchant, twitting, weisenheiming |
| Notes: | sarcastic means 'derisive, tauntingly contemptuous,' while sardonic means 'bitterly scornful, cynically disdainful' |
Antonyms: |
kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | saucy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disrespectful |
Synonyms: |
arch, audacious, bold, brash, brazen, cheeky*, combative, contumelious, flip*, flippant, forward, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, intrusive, meddlesome, nervy, obtrusive, pert, presumptuous, rude, sassy, smart, smart-alecky, smug, snippy, volatile, weisenheiming, wise |
Antonyms: |
kind, polite, respectful |
| Main Entry: | satiric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
Synonyms: |
acerb, acerbic, acid, acrimonious, arrogant, austere, backhanded, biting, bitter, brusque, captious, carping, caustic, chaffing, contemptuous, contumelious, corrosive, cussed, cutting, cynical, derisive, disillusioned, disparaging, disrespectful, evil, hostile, irascible, ironical, jeering, mean, mocking, mordant, needling, offensive, ornery*, salty, sardonic, satirical, saucy*, scoffing, scorching, scornful, scurrilous, severe, sharp, smart-alecky, snarling, sneering, taunting, trenchant, twitting, weisenheiming |
| Main Entry: | scoffing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
Synonyms: |
acerb, acerbic, acid, acrimonious, arrogant, austere, backhanded, biting, bitter, brusque, captious, carping, caustic, chaffing, contemptuous, contumelious, corrosive, cussed, cutting, cynical, derisive, disillusioned, disparaging, disrespectful, evil, hostile, irascible, ironical, jeering, mean, mocking, mordant, needling, offensive, ornery*, salty, sardonic, satiric, satirical, saucy*, scorching, scornful, scurrilous, severe, sharp, smart-alecky, snarling, sneering, taunting, trenchant, twitting, weisenheiming |