different between sarcastic vs sadistic

English

Alternative forms

• sarcastick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s???kæstik/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s???kæstik/

  Rhymes: -æst?k

Adjective

sarcastic (comparative more sarcastic, superlative most sarcastic)

1. Containing sarcasm.

   a sarcastic quip; the teacher's sarcastic tone

2. (of a person) Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.
   • 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl

     Her eyes slanted a little... and were sometimes full of fiery determination and sometimes dull and opaque. Her expression was never altogether amiable; was often, indeed, distinctly sullen, or, when she was animated, sarcastic.

Synonyms

• sarky (British)
• snarky

Derived terms

• sarky

Translations

See also

• ironic
• sardonic
• snide

References

• “sarcastic” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "sarcastic" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
• “sarcastic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

Romanian

Etymology

French sarcastique

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sar?kastik]

Adjective

sarcastic m or n (feminine singular sarcastic?, masculine plural sarcastici, feminine and neuter plural sarcastice)

1. sarcastic

Declension

Synonyms

• caustic

Adverb

sarcastic

1. sarcastically

Related terms

• sarcasm

English

Etymology

sadist +? -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??d?st?k/

Adjective

sadistic (comparative more sadistic, superlative most sadistic)

1. Delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain or humiliation of others.
2. Of behaviour which gives pleasure in the pain or humiliation of others.
3. (colloquial) Causing a high degree of pain or humiliation.

Related terms

• sadism

Translations