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sarcasm

About 1.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.
  2. noun An individual act of the above.

Similar words

satire irony caustic remark sarcastic mockery travesty derision acid scorn ridicule

Often followed by

and in of was or is that to on

Word family

sarcasms

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