Thesaurus: sardonic

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1. a. Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
2. a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis.
3. adj. disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
4. Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety. Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief is forced to laugh against her will. Sir H. Wotton. The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian. Burke. Sardonic grin or laugh, an old medical term for a spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it an appearance of laughter. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis.
5. Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking,malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile,or some facial semblance of gayety.Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief isforced to laugh against her will. Sir H. Wotton.The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian. Burke.Sardonic grin or laugh, an old medical term for a spasmodic affectionof the muscles of the face, giving it an appearance of laughter.
6. j:100 s. disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking