Dictionary entry

Sarcasm

Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːkaz(ə)m/

Pronunciation

/ˈsɑːkaz(ə)m/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ထေ့လုံး။ ငေါ့လုံး။ ငေါ့သော။ ငေါ့၍။ ငေါ့တော့တော့။

Definition

sarcasm /'sa:kæzǝm/ n [U] ေထ့လံုး။ ေငါ့လံုး။ 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 ေငါ့ေသာ။ sarcastic comments/wit ❍ People who didn't like him said he was very sarcastic. Compare IRONIC ❏ sarcastically /-kli/ adv ေငါ့၍။ ေငါ့ေတာ့ေတာ့။ ‘Don't mind me, I only live here,’ she said sarcastically.

Examples

  1. ‘Fascinating
  2. ’ said Sheila
  3. her voice heavy with sarcasm.