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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. witty language used to convey insults or scorn;
- Example: "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"
- Example: "irony is wasted on the stupid"
- Example: "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift
[syn: sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remark]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

caustic remark
    n 1: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used
         sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the
         stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do
         generally discover everybody's face but their own"--
         Jonathan Swift [syn: sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic
         remark]