sarcastic

«sarcastic» in Mova's school dictionary: saying the opposite of what you mean, in a mocking way… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (sarcastic; more sarcastic, most sarcastic)

meaning for a pupil

Sarcastic means saying the opposite of what you mean, in a mocking way, to make fun of someone or show you are annoyed. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons and stories it is a tone of voice: «Oh, great,» she said sarcastically, when it started to rain. Children must learn to spot it, because the words mean the opposite. Phrases: «a sarcastic comment», «be sarcastic», «sarcastically».

examples

• «Oh, brilliant, more homework,» he said in a sarcastic voice. tree →
• Don't be sarcastic with your teacher. tree →
• She gave a sarcastic laugh. tree →
• «Nice of you to turn up,» said the coach sarcastically when Tom came late. tree →
• His sarcastic remarks hurt my feelings. tree →
• Was that a real compliment or were you being sarcastic? tree →
• Still he kept up a flow of sarcastic talk, just to exercise his wits and to have the fun of disputing. tree →

note

Noun: sarcasm; adverb: sarcastically. Sarcasm is a kind of irony meant to mock. In writing, the words alone may look like praise; the situation shows the real meaning. If a sarcastic speaker says «Great, we lost 5–0», he means it is bad.

In the corpora

• A sorry said with a smirk or a sarcastic voice is just another dig, and you are allowed to say so.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sarcastic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.