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 |
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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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