sarcastic
US: /sɑɹˈkæstɪk/
UK: /sɑːkˈɑːstɪk/
UK: /sɑːkˈɑːstɪk/
English Vietnamese dictionary
sarcastic /sɑ:'kæstik/
- tính từ
- chế nhạo, mỉa mai, chân biếm
Advanced English dictionary
(also BrE informal sarky) + adjective
showing or expressing sarcasm: sarcastic comments / remarks + a sarcastic manner / smile / tone + 'There's no need to be sarcastic,' she said.
sarcastically adverb: 'John can't come.' 'What a shame,' my brother said sarcastically.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
scornful, contumelious, derisive, derisory, ridiculing, bitter, biting, cutting, trenchant, incisive, acrimonious, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, harsh, acrid, aspersive, venomous, poisonous, virulent, spiteful, malicious, malefic, malevolent, satiric(al), ironic(al), cynical, disdainful, mocking, contemptuous, critical, censorious, captious, carping, cavilling, sardonic, scathing, caustic, nasty:
I don't think he knows how hurtful his sarcastic remarks can be.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be | become, get
ADV.
extremely, very | faintly, lightly, mildly, slightly, somewhat
His tone was lightly sarcastic.
PREP.
about
He was very sarcastic about my attempts at telling jokes.
Concise English dictionary
'sɑrkæstɪk /'sɑːk-
adj.
+expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
