All sarcasm synonyms

noun sarcasm

• wittiness — possessing wit in speech or writing; amusingly clever in perception and expression: a witty writer.
• brickbat — Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.
• echoism — onomatopoeia.
• asyndeton — the omission of a conjunction between the parts of a sentence
• bon mot — A bon mot is a clever, witty remark.
• despisement — contempt; despisal
• anaphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word previously used in the same discourse. In the sentence John wrote the essay in the library but Peter did it at home, both did and it are examples of anaphora
• figure of speech — any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect. Compare trope (def 1).
• acridity — sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.: acrid smoke from burning rubber.
• dryness — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
• foolery — foolish action or conduct.
• acrimony — Acrimony is bitter and angry words or quarrels.
• antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
• corrosiveness — having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
• corrosivity — having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
• churlishness — The state of being churlish.
• litotes — understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”.
• mockery — ridicule, contempt, or derision.
• grievousness — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
• invective — vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.
• crankiness — ill-tempered; grouchy; cross: I'm always cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
• alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
• causticness — The state or quality of being caustic.
• mordacity — biting or given to biting.
• mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
• bitterness — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
• irony — the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
• despites — in spite of; notwithstanding.
• aposiopesis — the device of suddenly breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unwilling to continue
• contemptuousness — showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
• metonymies — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
• metonymy — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
• onomatopoeia — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
• cynicism — Cynicism is the belief that people always act selfishly.
• malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
• lampoonery — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
• ill temper — bad or irritable disposition.
• buffoonery — Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
• adumbration — to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
• gibe — to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom.
• apostrophe — An apostrophe is the mark ' when it is written to indicate that one or more letters have been left out of a word, as in 'isn't' and 'we'll'. It is also added to nouns to form possessives, as in 'Mike's car'.
• wordplay — clever or subtle repartee; verbal wit.
• astringency — An astringent taste.
• ellipsis — The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.
• misandry — hatred of males.
• causticity — capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
• acerbity — Acerbity is a kind of bitter, critical humour.
• acridness — Bitterness or acerbity.
• barb — A barb is a sharp curved point near the end of an arrow or fish-hook which makes it difficult to pull out.
• hatefulness — arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.