sardonic

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Pronunciation

• (Australia) IPA: /saːˈdɔnɪk/
• (RP) IPA: /sɑːˈdɒnɪk/
• (America) IPA: /sɑɹˈdɑːnɪk/

Adjective

sardonic

1. Scornfully mocking or cynical.

   He distances himself from people with his nasty, sardonic laughter.

   • strained, sardonic smiles

   • the scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian

2. Disdainfully or ironically humorous.

Related terms

• Sardonian
• sarcastic

Translations

• French: sardonique
• German: hämisch, mokant
• Italian: sardonico, sarcastico, sprezzante
• Portuguese: sardónico (Portugal), sardônico (Brazil)
• Russian: сардони́ческий
• Spanish: sardónico

Translations

• French: sardonique
• German: bitter, sarkastisch, sardonisch
• Italian: sardonico
• Portuguese: sardónico (Portugal), sardônico (Brazil)
• Spanish: sardónico

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