Synonyms for satiric
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : suh-tir-i-kuhl or suh-tir-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : səˈtɪr ɪ kəl or səˈtɪr ɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for satiric Other synonyms for the word satiric
- 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
Définition of satiric
Origin :- c.1500, from French satirique, from Late Latin satiricus, from satira (see satire (n.)). Earlier (late 14c.) as a noun meaning "a writer of satires."
- adj sarcastic
- "Yes, you will," Adams returned, not noticing that his son's inflection was satiric.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- This statement is not to be accepted as a satiric fable, but as a literal fact.
- Extract from : « Recollections » by David Christie Murray
- One of his "Hundred Voices" has something of this satiric note.
- Extract from : « Life Immovable » by Kostes Palamas
- The ethos of the satiric persona was something they could not understand.
- Extract from : « Two Poems Against Pope » by Leonard Welsted
- Her own father had a rich fund of humour, but it was satiric.
- Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
- The richness of his satiric perception was too great to permit of speech.
- Extract from : « The House with the Green Shutters » by George Douglas Brown
- They resemble Juvenal, or the satiric touches in Timon of Athens.
- Extract from : « The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb » by Charles Lamb
- This work, as might be anticipated, was a satiric attack on the clergy of that day.
- Extract from : « The Life of Daniel De Foe » by George Chalmers
- The "Dunciad" is a monument of satiric wit, or genius belittled.
- Extract from : « Genius in Sunshine and Shadow » by Maturin Murray Ballou
- His temperament was dramatic, passionate, satiric and witty.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 3 » by Various
Antonyms for satiric
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