different between sarcastic vs snarky
sarcastic
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)
- Containing sarcasm.
- a sarcastic quip; the teacher's sarcastic tone
- (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.
- 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl
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)
- sarcastic
Declension
Synonyms
- caustic
Adverb
sarcastic
- sarcastically
Related terms
- sarcasm
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snarky
English
Etymology
snark +? -y; 1906, as “irritable”, from snark (“to snort”), by onomatopoeia (1866). Compare Low German snarken (“to snore”), North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka. In the sense “sarcastic” popularized in the late 1990s.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?sn??.ki/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sn??.ki/
Adjective
snarky (comparative snarkier, superlative snarkiest)
- (informal, often humorous) Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation.
- (obsolete) Irritable, irritated.
- Synonym: cranky
Derived terms
- snark (noun)
- snarkily
- snarkism
- snarkiness
Translations
Further reading
- “snarky”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
References
Anagrams
- Karsyn
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