Sardonic

[Sar*don·ic]

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.

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Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.

Adjective S.
disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman

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Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.

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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis.

Sardonic

Sar*don"ic , a. [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. , , perhaps fr. to grin like a dog, or from a certain plant of Sardinia, Gr. , which was said to screw up the face of the eater.] Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.

Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief is forced to laugh against her will.

The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian.

Sardonic grin ∨ laugh, an old medical term for a spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it an appearance of laughter.

Sardonic

Sar*don"ic, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis.

Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis.

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Usage Examples

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

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