n06777164
| type | n |
| lex_filenum | 10 |
| def | witty language used to convey insults or scorn |
| examples | 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 |
| Outgoing links | |
| Hypernym | wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness |
| Derivationally related form | satire → satiric; satire → satirise |
| Derivationally related form | satire → satirical; satire → satirist; satire → satirize |
| Derivationally related form | irony → ironical |
| Derivationally related form | irony → ironic; irony → ironist |
| Derivationally related form | sarcasm → sarcastic |
| Attribute | sarcastic; unsarcastic |
| Incoming links | |
| Derivationally related form | ironical → irony |
| Derivationally related form | ironic → irony; ironist → irony |
| Attribute | sarcastic; unsarcastic |
| Derivationally related form | sarcastic → sarcasm |
| Derivationally related form | satiric → satire; satirise → satire |
| Derivationally related form | satirical → satire; satirist → satire; satirize → satire |
| Hyponym | wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness |
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