[ noun ] witty language used to convey insults or scorn <noun.communication> he used sarcasm to upset his opponentirony is wasted on the stupid Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own
Sarcasm \Sar"casm\, n. [F. sarcasme, L. sarcasmus, Gr. sarkasmo`s, from sarka`zein to tear flesh like dogs, to bite the lips in rage, to speak bitterly, to sneer, fr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.] A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.
The sarcasms of those critics who imagine our art to be a matter of inspiration. --Sir J. Reynolds.
Syn: Satire; irony; ridicule; taunt; gibe.
A bar owner put on the dog for visiting Vice President Dan Quayle, mixing sarcasm with his special of the day.
It has sparked an explosion of sarcasm, not a common form of humor in Japan.
In a voice dripping with sarcasm, she said: "In eight years it's almost a 5 percent increase.
They have also been the subject of sarcasm.
In abusive hour-long calls and in letters, he was barraged with criticism and cutting sarcasm from Sutton Place.
Spence asked with an edge of sarcasm.
In his hands passages of sadness and longing, of humour and sincerity appeared alongside the sarcasm and savagery.
It's called Dem-Rep," said activist Ralph Nader with sarcasm.
No doubt Mozart was intended to be the link with Schnittke's (K)ein Sommernachtstraum, a piece of classical pastiche that quickly turns sour with sarcasm.
Newman put sarcasm and deep satire in "Song for the Dead." Curtis-Hall sings the show's most thoroughly serious song, in his Army uniform.
And he succeeds. Holland Taylor plays the brittle sister with a style and flair for sarcasm that ooze upper class.
Judiciary Chairman Joe Biden appeared to have taken a course from Miss Manners; he displayed none of the florid sarcasm that drove Ursula Meese to tears when her husband was seeking to be confirmed as attorney general.