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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcastic/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcastic/#x1)
- Don't be sarcastic with your teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcastic/#x2)
- She gave a sarcastic laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcastic/#x3)
- «Nice of you to turn up,» said the coach sarcastically when Tom came late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcastic/#x4)
- His sarcastic remarks hurt my feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcastic/#x5)
- Was that a real compliment or were you being sarcastic? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcastic/#x6)
- Still he kept up a flow of sarcastic talk, just to exercise his wits and to have the fun of disputing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sarcastic/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted/29/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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