<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>harsh, cutting, or bitter derision, often using irony to point out the deficiencies or failings of someone or something: He resorts to sarcasm when he senses he’s losing an argument.</li><li>Synonyms: bitterness, sardonicism, ridicule.</li><li>a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a review full of sarcasms.</li><li>Synonyms: jeer.</li></ul>