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n. witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

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Fuzzynyms (43)

bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness

n. a rough and bitter manner

asperity, sharpness

n. harshness of manner

abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness

n. an abrupt discourteous manner

temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness

n. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"

parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on

n. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

comedy

n. light and humorous drama with a happy ending

double entendre

n. an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate

contempt, scorn

n. open disrespect for a person or thing

banter, raillery, give-and-take, backchat

n. light teasing repartee

contradiction, contradiction in terms

n. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"

ridicule

n. language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate

sneer

n. a contemptuous or scornful remark

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