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Definition of sarcastic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sarcastic

adjective
 
/sɑːˈkæstɪk/
 
/sɑːrˈkæstɪk/
(also British English, informal sarky)
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  1. showing or expressing sarcasm
    • sarcastic comments
    • a sarcastic manner
    • ‘There's no need to be sarcastic,’ she said.
    Extra Examples
    • He looked up and forced a sarcastic smile.
    • Her tone was faintly sarcastic.
    • She was waiting for him to make some sarcastic comment.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • get
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • rather
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • about
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    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French sarcastique, from sarcasme (see sarcasm), on the pattern of pairs such as enthousiasme, enthousiastique.
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