- sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remark - 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"--Johathan Swift
--1 is a kind of wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
Derived forms: verb satirize1, verb satirise1