sarcasm
Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and often…Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.
» Do I detect sarcasm?
Höre ich da Sarkasmus?
Höre ich da Sarkasmus raus?
Vernehme ich da Sarkasmus?
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.
Sarkasmus
сарка́змsarkázm, е́дкостьjédkostʹ, язви́тельностьjazvítelʹnostʹ
сарка́змsarkázm
(countable)An individual act of the above.
- witty language used to convey insults or scorn
Examples
40 sentencesDo I detect sarcasm?
deHöre ich da Sarkasmus? — Tickler
Tom doesn't understand irony or sarcasm.
Том не розуміє ані іронії, ані сарказму. — deniko
ruТом не понимает ни иронии, ни сарказма. — marafon
Tom's speech was full of scathing sarcasm.
Промова Тома була наповнена жорстким сарказом. — deniko
His sarcasm galls me.
Його сарказм мене дратує. — deniko
ruЕго сарказм меня раздражает. — odexed
She doesn't understand sarcasm.
Вона не розуміє сарказму. — deniko
ruОна не понимает сарказма. — marafon
deSie versteht keinen Sarkasmus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Late Latin sarcasmus, from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “a sneer”), from σαρκάFrom Late Latin sarcasmus, from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “a sneer”), from σαρκάζω (sarkázō, “to gnash the teeth (in anger)”, literally “to strip off the flesh”), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”).
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Forms
plural: sarcasmsSynonyms
8 synonyms- witty language used to convey insults or scorn:ironysatirecaustic remark
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable