sarcasm
/ˈsɑːkaz(ə)m/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsɑːkaz(ə)m/
sarcasm
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- 3 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Open ah vowel
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sar - casm -> sarcasm
Myanmar meaning
(n) ထေ့လုံး။ ငေါ့လုံး။ ငေါ့သော။ ငေါ့၍။ ငေါ့တော့တော့။
Full entry
ထေ့လုံး။ ငေါ့လုံး။ heavy/bitter sarcasm ❍ ‘And is that free and fair trade?’ she asked, with more than a hint of sarcasm in her voice. Compare IRONY
❏ sarcastic /sɑ:'kæstÇk/ (also Brit infml sarky ) adj
ငေါ့သော။ sarcastic comments/wit ❍ People who didn't like him said he was very sarcastic. Compare IRONIC
❏ sarcastically /-kli/ adv
ငေါ့၍။ ငေါ့တော့တော့။ ‘Don't mind me, I only live here,’ she said sarcastically.
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irony, mockery, derision, scorn, disdain, cynicism, acerbity, acrimony, aspersion, banter, bitterness, burlesque, causticness, censure, comeback, contempt, corrosiveness, criticism, cut, dig, disparagement, flouting, invective, lampooning, mocking remark, mordancy, put-down, raillery, rancor, ridicule, satire, scoffing, sharpness, sneering, superciliousness, wisecrack
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