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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

20140310 Word of the Day

SARCASTIC


1
:  having the character of sarcasm <sarcastic criticism>
2
:  given to the use of sarcasm :  caustic <a sarcastic critic>
— sar·cas·ti·cal·ly  adverb
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Examples of SARCASTIC

<her sarcastic comments that my singing reminded her of the time her dog was sick>
DeWitt is everything Shea is not. And Shea quickly felt DeWitt's contempt. “Lincoln is loud,” Jim says. “He makes sarcastic comments because he has to call attention to himself all the time. Some people are insecure because they haven't established themselves yet.” —Anne Marie Cruz, ESPN, 18 Feb. 2002


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