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What is the noun for sarcasm?

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sarcasm
  1. (uncountable) Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and a sneering tone of voice.
  2. (countable) An act of sarcasm.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “There was an edge of sarcasm in her tone, but she maintained her pleasant expression.”
      “I wouldn't have been in the mood to tolerate this sarcasm with anyone else.”
      “His merciless scorn, his blistering sarcasm, his rapier-like thrusts of irony must have made many an opponent squirm.”
sarcasticness
sarcasms
  1. plural of sarcasm
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Hutton was thinking about such things as Mrs Cadwallader's sarcasms in Chapter 6 about the ill-assorted marriage.”
      “It is easy in a slapdash manner to lavish sarcasms on a King who presented many tempting opportunities for satire.”
      “What these words mean is difficult to determine, but clearly they are insulting, and clearly Shakespeare is the object of the sarcasms.”
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