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Sardonic

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Adjective

1. sardonic

disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking

Example Sentences:
'his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists'
'a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sardonic

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adjective
characterized by irony, mockery, or derision

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Sardonic

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adjective
disdainfully or bitterly sneering, ironic, or sarcastic
a sardonic smile

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sardonic

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adj.
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).

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