sarcasm, satire
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sarcasm — satire, irony, *wit, humor, repartee Analogous words: incisiveness, trenchancy, bitingness, cuttingness (see corresponding adjectives at INCISIVE): mockery, taunting, derision (see corresponding verbs at RIDICULE) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
sarcasm — See irony, satire, sarcasm See sarcasm, satire … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
satire — See irony, satire, sarcasm See sarcasm, satire … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
Satire — Sat ire (?; in Eng. often ?; 277), n. [L. satira, satura, fr. satura (sc. lanx) a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, a medley, fr. satur full of food, sated, fr. sat, satis, enough: cf. F.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
satire — [sa′tīr΄] n. [Fr < L satira or satura, satire, poetic medley < ( lanx) satura, (dish) of various fruits, prob. < Etr, of Thracian orig.] 1. a) a literary work in which vices, follies, stupidities, abuses, etc. are held up to ridicule and … English World dictionary
Sarcasm — Sar casm, n. [F. sarcasme, L. sarcasmus, Gr. sarkasmo s, from sarka zein to tear flesh like dogs, to bite the lips in rage, to speak bitterly, to sneer, fr. sa rx, sa rkos, flesh.] A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sarcasm — [n] mocking remark acrimony, aspersion, banter, bitterness, burlesque, causticness, censure, comeback, contempt, corrosiveness, criticism, cut*, cynicism, derision, dig*, disparagement, flouting, invective, irony, lampooning, mockery, mordancy,… … New thesaurus
satire — irony, *wit, humor, sarcasm, repartee Analogous words: raillery, persiflage, *badinage: lampoon, pasquinade, *libel, skit: ridiculing or ridicule, deriding or derision, taunting (see corresponding verbs at RIDICULE) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
satire — [n] ridicule intended to expose truth banter, burlesque, caricature, causticity, chaffing, irony, lampoon, lampoonery, mockery, parody, pasquinade, persiflage, play on, put on*, raillery, sarcasm, send up*, skit, spoof, squib*, takeoff*, travesty … New thesaurus
Satire — This article is about the genre. For the mythological creature, see satyr. Satires redirects here. For other uses, see Satires (disambiguation). 1867 edition of Punch, a ground breaking British magazine of popular humour, including a great deal… … Wikipedia
