Synonyms: sarcastic
Definition: expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
Similar words: nipping, mordacious, biting, barbed, pungent
Definition: capable of wounding
Usage: a barbed compliment; a biting aphorism; pungent satire
Similar words: mordant, black, grim
Definition: harshly ironic or sinister
Usage: black humor; a grim joke; grim laughter; fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit
Similar words: corrosive
Definition: spitefully sarcastic
Usage: corrosive cristism
Similar words: sardonic
Definition: disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
Usage: his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists- Frank Schoenberner; a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing- Irwin Edman
Similar words: satiric, satirical
Definition: exposing human folly to ridicule
Usage: a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine
Similar words: saturnine
Definition: bitter or scornful
Usage: the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain- Oscar Wilde