sarcasm

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in Vietnamese Sarcasm, châm biếm, mỉa mai

BrE /ˈsɑː.kæzm/ AmE /ˈsɑːr.kæzəm/

noun en → vi

1 HUMOR/TEASE [uncountable] B2

Sarcasm, châm biếm, mỉa mai

a way of speaking that is intended to hurt someone by being insulting or mocking, often in a clever and amusing way

  • use sarcasm with somebody

Collocations speak in sarcasm · respond with sarcasm

  • She used sarcasm to hurt his feelings.

    Cô ấy đã dùng châm biếm để làm tổn thương cảm xúc của anh ấy.

2 STATEMENT [countable] B2

Câu nói châm biếm, lời mỉa mai

a statement that is intended to hurt someone by being insulting or mocking, often in a clever and amusing way

  • make a sarcastic comment

Collocations sarcastic remark · sarcastic joke

  • He made a sarcastic comment about my cooking.

    Anh ấy đã nói một câu châm biếm về việc nấu ăn của tôi.