[U] a way of using words that are the opposite of what you mean in order to be unpleasant to sb or to make fun of them:
'That will be useful,' she snapped with heavy sarcasm (= she really thought it would not be useful at all). * a hint / touch / trace of sarcasm in his voice
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for sarcasm is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is sarcasm a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, sarcasm is tagged as noun.
Does sarcasm appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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