# sarcastic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /sɑːˈkæs.tɪk/ · frequency rank #13,055

## Definitions
1. Containing sarcasm.
2. Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.

## Etymology
Either from sarcasm + -astic or from French sarcastique, from French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmus, ultimately from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “sarcasm”), itself from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, literally “meat, flesh”).

## Common misspellings (14)
`asrcastic`, `sacrastic`, `saracstic`, `sarcasitc`, `sarcasstic`, `sarcastci`, `sarcasticc`, `sarcasttic`, `sarcatsic`, `sarccastic`, `sarcsatic`, `sarrcastic`, `sracastic`, `ssarcastic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sarcastic