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adjective
- 1. grimly mocking or cynical: "Starkey attempted a sardonic smile"
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The meaning of SARDONIC is disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking. How to use sardonic in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Sardonic.
SARDONIC definition: 1. humorous in an unkind way that shows you do not respect someone or something: 2. humorous in an…. Learn more.
SARDONIC meaning: 1. humorous in an unkind way that shows you do not respect someone or something: 2. humorous in an…. Learn more.
Sardonic definition: characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; sneering; cynical; a sardonic grin.. See examples of SARDONIC used in a sentence.
If you describe someone as sardonic, you mean their attitude to people or things is humorous but rather critical.
If someone is being scornful and mocking in a humorous way, call her sardonic. If you want to write comic sketches for late-night talk shows, work on being sardonic.
1. Scornfully or cynically mocking: a sardonic sense of humor. 2. Given to making sardonic remarks: "He was proud, sardonic, harsh to inferiority of every description" (Charlotte Brontë). [French sardonique, from Greek sardonios, alteration of sardanios; perhaps akin to sesērenai, to show the teeth, grin mockingly .] sar·don′i·cal·ly adv.
adjective. /sɑːˈdɒnɪk/ /sɑːrˈdɑːnɪk/ (disapproving) showing that you think that you are better than other people and do not take them seriously synonym mocking. a sardonic smile. He looked at her with sardonic amusement. Her voice had a sardonic, mocking tone that frightened Connie. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Want to learn more?
Disdainfully or humorously sneering or sarcastic. A sardonic smile. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Given to making sardonic remarks. American Heritage. Synonyms: ironical. wry. ironic. cynical. Origin of Sardonic.
sardonic meaning, definition, what is sardonic: showing that you do not have a good opin...: Learn more.
