Sarcastic vs Mockery - What's the difference?
sarcastic | mockery |
Containing sarcasm.
(of a person) Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.
* 1912 ,
The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
(obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.
As an adjective sarcastic
is sarcastic.As a noun mockery is
the action of mocking; ridicule, derision.sarcastic
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Alternative forms
* sarcastick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Her eyes slanted a little... and were sometimes full of fiery determination and sometimes dull and opaque. Her expression was never altogether amiable; was often, indeed, distinctly sullen, or, when she was animated, sarcastic .
Synonyms
* sarky (British) * snarkyDerived terms
* sarkySee also
* ironic * sardonic * snideReferences
* * * "sarcastic" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996) ----
mockery
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Noun
(mockeries)- The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.