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satiric
adjective as in sarcastic
Weak matches
- acerb
- acid
- acrimonious
- arrogant
- austere
- backhanded
- bitter
- brusque
- captious
- carping
- chaffing
- contemptuous
- contumelious
- cussed
- cutting
- cynical
- derisive
- disillusioned
- disparaging
- disrespectful
- evil
- hostile
- irascible
- ironical
- jeering
- mean
- needling
- offensive
- ornery
- salty
- saucy
- scoffing
- scorching
- scornful
- scurrilous
- severe
- sharp
- smart-alecky
- snarling
- sneering
- taunting
- twitting
- weisenheiming
Example Sentences
Peppiatt not only makes drug humor seem joyfully silly again, but treats Irish patriotism as a tempting high worth celebrating; there’s a tough and satiric love at play.
Herzog’s adaptation prunes away the expository overgrowth of Ibsen’s satiric drama.
I begrudge no person their chance to jump on a torn-from-the-headlines tale and turn it into a hot take, comedic bit or darkly satiric statement on whatever.
Vincent Canby, writing in The Times, called it “a satiric expression of the American Dream in the closing years of the 20th century.”
This is, sort of, Gloria's speech in action, and that is either wonderfully subversive and satiric or just plain stupid.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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