biting humor
Sharp comedic edge
Biting humor is comedy with a sharp, cutting edge—jokes that sting their targets.
The humor comes at someone's expense, whether individuals, groups, or institutions.
Unlike gentle teasing, biting humor leaves marks: His biting humor made executives squirm during the roast.
Satire and sarcasm often qualify as biting.
- sarcasmIrony used to mock
- sharp tongueTendency toward cutting remarks
- witClever, inventive humor
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- cutting remarksCruel, pointed comments
mockery · caustic · satire · dark comedy · dead pan · political commentary · acerbic · double entendre · social critique · trenchant · sardonic · lampoon · caricature · poison pen · Jonathan Swift · ridicule · sick burn · snark
- dark witcaustic wit, black comedy, dark comedy, sarcasm, dry wit
- satirelampoon, parody, parody account, political satire, spoof
- British SatirePrivate Eye, Spitting Image, Blackadder, Monty Python, John Cleese
- Satirical PlaysTartuffe, The Birds, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Threepenny Opera, Rhinoceros
sophistication/subtlety
biting humorslapstick
Exaggerated physical humor
broad comedy · dad jokes · corny jokes · juvenile humor · observational humor