sarcastic comment

collocation in English

meaningsofsarcasticandcomment

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sarcastic
adjective
uk
/sɑːˈkæs.tɪk/us
/sɑːrˈkæs.tɪk/
using remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what you say, in order to hurt someone's feelings or to humorously ...
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comment
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒm.ent/us
/ˈkɑː.ment/
something that you say or write that expresses ...
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(Definition ofsarcasticandcommentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsarcastic comment

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A highly educated man talking to another highly educated man may say something ironical or sarcastic which is accepted as an ironical orsarcasticcomment.
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It was alleged that this decision came about after she had made asarcasticcommentwhich had freshly infuriated the women.
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He's a pretentious, often-inebriated drama critic, always ready with asarcasticcomment.
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Lowbrow art often has a sense of humor - sometimes the humor is gleeful, sometimes impish, and sometimes it is asarcasticcomment.
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Nothing but sarcastic comments and criticisms came from these benches and from the political class while the media maintained a scornful silence.
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I did not really require his sarcastic comments to bring me to my feet to do that.
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I made some sarcastic comments in another place on the situation which existed.
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We all remember some of the sarcastic comments made by the managers in the margins of those reports.
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Snide and sarcastic comments are totally out of place on an important matter for the people of our country.
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Sarcastic comments were followed by loud laughter, hence the name.
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She speaks with sarcastic comments and snide remarks, but means well.
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A drama by genre, the film is full of black humour and sarcastic comments.
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Newspapers printed sarcastic comments about the chairman and frequently used his name in the past tense.
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It evoked a flood of caricatures, sarcastic comments and polemical attacks in the press.
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They demonstrate their mutual deep-seated hatred by making humorously sarcastic comments on each other's failings as spouses.
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Laughter and sarcastic comments from the floor and the galleries were common during the speech.
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She is also known to have sarcastic comments and sly plans to get what she wants.
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Later, he deleted the post, but kept posting sarcastic comments about her.
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Bourdain is also known for his sarcastic comments about vegan and vegetarian activists, saying that their lifestyle is rude to the inhabitants of many countries he visits.
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