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1. (adj.) sardonic
characterized by scornful derision or bitter irony; mocking; cynical:
a sardonic grin.
Etymology: (1630–40; alter. of earlier sardonian (influenced by F sardonique) < L sardoni(us) (< Gk sardónios of Sardinia) + -an1; alluding to a Sardinian plant which when eaten was supposed to produce convulsive laughter ending in death)
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1. (adj) sardonic
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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1. (adj) sardonic
forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety
2. (adj) sardonic
of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis
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