[ UK /sɑːdˈɒnɪk/ ]
[ US /sɑɹˈdɑnɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
    his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists
    a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing
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How To Use sardonic In A Sentence

  • In my more sardonic moments I add that the problem with England cricket is not the absence of a level playing field but the lack of good players.
  • The narrator is somewhat sardonic about his guests and is perhaps influenced by the three whiskies he's had and the cleanskin he's finishing up with.
  • I am never quite clear on whether all this is sartorial or sardonicDad’s way of announcing that he used to be a punker but is now a middle-school English teacher, or if becoming a teacher has actually turned my dad into this genuine throwback. Excerpt: If I Stay by Gayle Forman
  • Really?" she said, raising a sardonic eyebrow.
  • Unleashed, she is a maenad: not crabby but sardonic and perpetually restless, she scrambles over the stage, squaring up to several men at a time; she drinks from a hip flask; she wees; she smokes – and she fumes. The Taming of the Shrew; The Trial of Ubu; Our New Girl – review
  • She gave him a sardonic smile.
  • I see it as more sardonic and astringent, in the manner of Prokofiev.
  • He retains his wonderful sense of humor and continues to make his sardonic comments on life, as it is lived in the ballet world of George Zoritch.
  • Fan though I am of his great performances of yore, his perpetual air of sardonic superiority is now getting very grating.
  • Skate - he imagined that was one of those flat bony fish, with the teeth showing in a sardonic grin.
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