different between sarcastic vs stinging
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
sarcastic From the web:
- what sarcastic mean
- what sarcastic means in tagalog
- what do sarcastic mean
- what does sarcastic mean
stinging
English
Etymology
From Middle English styngyng; equivalent to sting +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st????/
- Rhymes: -????
Adjective
stinging (comparative more stinging, superlative most stinging)
- Having the capacity to sting.
- stinging nettles
- (figuratively) Precise and hurtful
- 2017 September 27, David Browne, "Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91," Rolling Stone
- That same year, a young Gloria Steinem went undercover as a Playboy Bunny at one of his Playboy Clubs and wrote a stinging inside critique of the magazine's ethos and chauvinism in an article, titled "A Bunny's Tale," which was published in Show magazine.
- 2017 September 27, David Browne, "Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91," Rolling Stone
Derived terms
- stingingly
Verb
stinging
- present participle of sting
Noun
stinging (plural stingings)
- The act by which someone receives a sting.
- the stingings of scorpions
- stingings of remorse
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- what stinging nettle good for
- what stinging insects leave stingers
- what stinging insect burrows in the ground
- what stinging bees live in the ground
- what stinging insect is black
- what's stinging me in the ocean
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