SARCASM, SARCASTIC, SARCASTICALLY
ADJECTIVES
– ASSY mean; malicious; stubborn; impolite; sarcastic; debased …1980s sl.
– BEHIND THE EARS Bk1970 US students’ sl. – sarcastic
– KNAGGY cross, snappish, querulous; irritable; sarcastic …1840 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NAGGLY touchy, fretful, sarcastic, quarrelsome; ill-natured …Bk1903 Sc.
– NAGGY cross, snappish, querulous; shrewish; irritable; ill-natured, bad-tempered, testy; sarcastic …1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NETHERY ill-natured, sarcastic …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NETTERIE ill-natured, sarcastic …Bk1905 Sc.
– OFF-TAKING scoffing, mocking, sarcastic, joking, waggish …1877 Sc.
– SARCASMATICAL sarcastic …1716 obs. rare
– SARCASMICAL sarcastic …1602 obs. rare
– SARCASMOUS sarcastic; insulting …1663 obs.
– SARCASTICAL sarcastic …1641
– SARCKY; SARCY; SARKY sarcastic; ill-tempered …1934 sl., chiefly UK teen usage
– SNARKY irritable; touchy; sarcastic, snide …1906 Amer. sl.
– TAIRDIE peevish, ill-humoured, sulky, sarcastic …1825 Sc.
– TANTY-JAGGY offensive, sarcastic …1827 Sc.
– TARDIE peevish, ill-humoured, sulky, sarcastic …1825 Sc.
ADVERBS
1658 ► SARCASMICALLY sarcastically → obs.
1674 ► ACIDLY sourly, cuttingly, sarcastically
1716 ► SARCASMATICALLY sarcastically → obs.
1995 ► TONGUE IN CHEEK sarcastically → US sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
– ACID cheek; impudence, heavy sarcasm …1910s sl.
– ACID DROPS barbed or sarcastic comments …Brit. sl.
– AD LIB a pointed, provocative or sarcastic comment …1920s sl., orig. US
– BACK-HANDER a sarcastic retort or snub …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BY-WIPE an indirect reproof or sarcasm …1641
– CUT an act whereby the feelings are deeply wounded, as a sarcasm, an act of unkindness, etc.; a severe disaster or misfortune; a blow, a shock …1568
– DIG a cutting or sarcastic remark
– JERK a lash of sarcasm; a cutting gibe …1590 obs.
– MYCTERISM 1593 rare – a subtle or scornful jibe; a piece of sarcasm or irony; subtle mocking
– NAP a gibe, a sarcastic remark or reproof; a jeering way of speaking …1885 Sc.
– QUIPPIE; QUIPPY a quip; a sharp or sarcastic remark directed against a person …1519 obs. rare
– SALT sarcasm, liveliness, pungency …1806 Sc.
– SARC; SARK sarcasm …c1920 schools’ sl.
– SHY an attempt to damage by sarcasm or verbal attack …M19 sl.
– SNIPE a sarcastic answer to an impertinent question; a sarcasm …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– SQUIB 1776 US – a sarcastic speech
NOUNS, PERSON
1654 ► SARCAST a sarcastic writer or speaker
1899 ► SARCESTICIST a sarcastic speaker → Sc.
1930 ► SMART MOUTH belligerent, loud talk; disagreeable talk; a witty or sarcastic person → African-American sl.
1970 ► HAM BONE a sarcastic person; an impudent person; a ‘wise guy’ → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
2002 ► SASSHOLE a sarcastic and witty person → US sl.
VERBS
– BREAK IT OFF IN to rebuke sternly; to wound someone with a sarcastic or cutting retort …1906 Amer. dial.
– CHUCK OFF to speak sarcastically; to sneer …1901 Aust. & NZ sl.
– COME THE ACID to behave in an unpleasant, aggressive, or overbearing manner; to speak in a sarcastic or caustic way …1917 UK sl.
– COME THE ACID DROP to speak in a caustic or sarcastic manner …1910s sl.
– COME THE OLD ACID to behave in an unpleasant, aggressive, or overbearing manner; to speak in a sarcastic or caustic way …1917 UK sl.
– COME THE OLD ACID DROP to be heavily sarcastic or especially impudent …1962 UK sl.
– CRACK to utter a wisecrack; to speak in a jesting or sarcastic manner …1811 Amer. sl.
– RIDE ONE BUG-HUNTING to subject one to merciless sarcasm or ridicule …1923 Amer. dial.
– SARCASMATIZE to speak sarcastically of …1716 obs. rare
– SCALE ON to treat someone sarcastically …1930s sl.
– SCRATCH ONE’S MIND Bk1970 US high school sl. – to be sarcastic or flippant; to ‘get wise’
– SLING OFF to speak sarcastically; to sneer …1900 Aust. & NZ sl.
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