All 4 Uses of
sardonic
in
Catch-22
- Dr. Stubbs laughed with sardonic amusement at the prospect.†
Chpt 10 *
- 'Here,' she taunted him sardonically, biting on her lip to still a delicate tremor.†
Chpt 16
- The girls disrobed at once, pausing in different stages to point proudly to their garish underthings and bantering all the while with the gaunt and dissipated old man with the shabby long white hair and slovenly white unbuttoned shirt who sat cackling lasciviously in a musty blue armchair almost in the exact center of the room and bade Nately and his companions welcome with a mirthful and sardonic formality.†
Chpt 23
- Yossarian snickered sardonically when he understood.†
Chpt 41
Definition:
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(sardonic) humor in a mocking or critical way from someone who acts as though they are superior
or:
humor that is cynical or ironic