(ˈ) ̷ ̷|kastik, -|kaas-, -tēk adjective
also sar·cas·ti·cal -tə̇kəl, -tēk-
Etymology: from sarcasm, after such pairs as English enthusiasm : enthusiastic, enthusiastical
1. : expressive of or characterized by sarcasm : marked by contempt or disgust
made a profound and sarcastic bow, turned on his heel and left the room — W.H.Hudson †1922
making the sarcastic comment that his popularity with his fellow workers depends on his not producing more than they
2. : given to the use of sarcasm : caustic
was as a stump speaker sarcastic … as often as he was argumentative — Carl Sandburg
Synonyms:
satiric , ironic or ironical , sardonic : sarcastic may describe whatever is bitter, cutting, and marked by intent to wound by taunting, mocking, deriding, or making ridiculous
laughed in her face, with a horrid sarcastic demoniacal laughter, that almost sent the schoolmistress into fits — W.M.Thackeray
satiric applies to attempts to censure, castigate, or expose to open ridicule weaknesses, faults, or excesses
a satiric picture, too, an intermittent glimpse into the smallness of human nature — John Erskine †1951
the satiric theme of the rustic staring wildly about him in the town — G.G.Coulton
ironic or ironical applies to amusing, piquant, startling, or surprising difference between what is said and what is intended or between what is given out and accepted and what is really true
it is an ironic likelihood that had he written less he would be held in higher esteem — Dorothy S. Davis
a man so excessively ugly that he went by the ironical appellation of “beauty” — Herman Melville
sardonic may apply to what manifests scorn, mockery, or derision and arises from disbelief in or doubt about values or motives
continued to grin with a sardonic humor, with a cynical mockery and defiance — Jack London
came to the funeral, full of calm, sardonic glee, and without being asked — Arnold Bennett