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# sarcasm

«sarcasm» in Mova's school dictionary: **saying the opposite of what you mean, often in a mocking…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (sarcasm — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Sarcasm is saying the opposite of what you mean, often in a mocking voice, to make fun of something or to show you are annoyed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcasm/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in reading and talk: understanding tone of voice. If someone says "Oh, great!" when it rains on sports day, that is sarcasm. In stories it shows a character's mood. Sarcasm can hurt feelings, and it is hard to read in text messages.

### examples

- "Great weather for a picnic," he said with sarcasm, as it poured. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcasm/#x1)
- She did not notice the sarcasm in his voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcasm/#x2)
- Sarcasm can be funny, but it can also hurt people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcasm/#x3)
- "Oh, thanks a lot," she said, full of sarcasm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcasm/#x4)
- It's hard to tell sarcasm in a text message. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcasm/#x5)
- The teacher asked us not to use sarcasm in the debate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcasm/#x6)
- But for the moment Wendy was shocked. “You conceit,” she exclaimed, with frightful sarcasm; “of course I did nothing!” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcasm/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: sarcastic; adverb: sarcastically. Sarcasm is a kind of irony; irony is wider and not always mocking.

### In the corpora

- [This is sarcasm: saying the opposite of what you mean, to mock someone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night/33/)
- [Sarcasm means saying the opposite of what you mean, to mock something or show annoyance; tone is the feeling in your voice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice/6/)
- [Teachers sometimes use sarcasm to tease gently, but it can hurt, and many teachers now avoid it with children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sarcasm» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcasm/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.