sarcastic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Using remarks that mean the opposite of what they say, in order to mock or insult.

   "Oh, brilliant idea," she said in a sarcastic tone.

2. 2
   adj

   Tending to make mocking, cutting remarks as part of one's personality.

   He is so sarcastic that it is hard to tell when he is serious.

Either from sarcasm + -astic or from French sarcastique, from French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmus, ultimately from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “sarcasm”), itself from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, literally “meat, flesh”).

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