SARDONIC


Meaning of SARDONIC in English

adjective

characterized by or expressing disdainful, skeptical humor

had a sardonic smile that mirrored his fixed expectation of the worst from everyone

Synonyms: cynical, ironic, wry

Related Word: contemptuous, disdainful, scornful; derisive, jeering, mocking, saturnine, sneering; caustic, corrosive, sarcastic, satiric

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