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twit, Slang patsy, sucker, (easy) mark, pushover, sap-head, Brit
muggins, US schnook, schlemiel or schlemihl or shlemiel, fall
guy: You certainly were a sap to fall for that old line!
--v. 3 bleed, drain, draw, tap, rob, milk: I could feel the
strength being sapped from my body.
sapý v. undermine, sabotage, weaken, cripple, wreck, devitalize,
deplete, drain, erode, enervate, debilitate: They did
everything they could to sap my self-confidence.
sarcasm n. scorn, contumely, derision, ridicule, bitterness, acrimony,
acrimoniousness, acerbity, harshness, acridity, acridness,
asperity, venom, poison, venomousness, poisonousness, virulence,
spite, spitefulness, malice, maliciousness, malevolence, satire,
irony, cynicism, disdain: Kathy was too thick-skinned to
appreciate the sarcasm of Tom's cutting commentary on her
acting.
sarcastic adj. scornful, contumelious, derisive, derisory, ridiculing,
bitter, biting, cutting, trenchant, incisive, acrimonious,
acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, harsh, acrid, aspersive,
venomous, poisonous, virulent, spiteful, malicious, malefic,
malevolent, satiric(al), ironic(al), cynical, disdainful,
mocking, contemptuous, critical, censorious, captious, carping,
cavilling, sardonic, scathing, caustic, nasty: I don't think he
knows how hurtful his sarcastic remarks can be.
sardonic adj. ironic(al), derisive, derisory, mocking, cynical,
sarcastic: She said that she was leaving him, but his only
response was a sardonic smile.
satanic adj. 1 diabolic(al), fiendish, devilish, Mephistophelian,
demonic, demoniac(al), infernal, cacodemonic, ghoulish, hellish,
infernal, evil, wicked, iniquitous, corrupt, depraved,
perverted, perverse, godless, ungodly, impious, unholy,
sinister, dark, black, immoral, amoral: They practise
witchcraft and other satanic inventions. 2 dire, monstrous,
heinous, atrocious, hideous, horrible, horrendous, horrid,
horrifying, loathsome, vile, abhorrent, unspeakable,
unutterable, damnable, despicable, abominable: The miners
worked under positively satanic conditions.