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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - sarcasm

 
 

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Sarcasm

sarcasm
~ n a way of speaking or writing that involves saying the opposite of what you really mean in order to make an unkind joke or to show that you are annoyed  (heavy scarcasm (=very clear sarcasm))  (She was an hour late. "Good of you to arrive on time," George said, with heavy sarcasm.)
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  Sarcasm is speech or writing which actually means the opposite of what it seems to say. Sarcasm is usually intended to mock or insult someone. ‘What a pity,’ Graham said with a hint of sarcasm... N-UNCOUNT ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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   noun  Etymology: French or Late Latin; French ~e, from Late Latin ~os, from Greek sarkasmos, from sarkazein to tear flesh, bite the lips in rage, sneer, from sark-, sarx flesh; probably akin to Avestan thwar?s- to cut  Date: 1550  1. a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain tired of continual ~s  2.  a. a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual  b. the use or language of ~ this is no time to indulge in ~  Synonyms: see wit ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  n. 1 a bitter or wounding remark. 2 a taunt, esp. one ironically worded. 3 language consisting of such remarks. 4 the faculty of using this. Derivatives sarcastic adj. sarcastically adv. Etymology: F sarcasme or f. LL sarcasmus f. late Gk sarkasmos f. Gk sarkazo tear flesh, in late Gk gnash the teeth, speak bitterly f. sarx sarkos flesh ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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  1. сарказм, язвительная насмешка, злая ирония cutting (crushing) sarcasm —- злая ирония deadly sarcasm —- убийственный сарказм bitter sarcasm —- горькая ирония the sarcasm of the remark —- сарказм замечания the sarcasm is overdone —- слишком много сарказма, слишком ядовито "How unselfish you are!", cried he in sarcasm —- "Как ты бескорыстен!" - саркастически воскликнул он ...
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  noun сарказм Syn: see ridicule ...
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  - 1579, from L.L. sarcasmos, from Gk. sarkasmos "a sneer," from sarkazein "to speak bitterly, sneer," lit. "to strip off the flesh," from sarx (gen. sarkos) "flesh." Sarcastic is from 1695. ...
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