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humor in a mocking or critical way from someone who acts as though they are superioror:
humor that is cynical or ironic
- She writes sardonic editorials in the school newspaper.
sardonic = humorous in a mocking, cynical, or ironic way
- She never targets friends with her sardonic humor.
- He managed a sardonic smile and...Cormac McCarthy -- All the Pretty Horses
- Tellez laughed sardonically.Rudolfo Anaya -- Bless Me, Ultima
- "Meeting called to order," Jalil said sardonically.Katherine Applegate -- Everworld - Search For Senna
- His sardonic mind glowed and his speech took on its old singing rhythm.John Steinbeck -- East of Eden
- masking pity behind a sardonic toneEugene O'Neill -- The Iceman Cometh
- The boys sideburned, long-haired- are vital, restless, sardonic;Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim -- Westside Story
- He also wears bow ties. I am never quite clear on whether all this is sartorial or sardonic—Dad's way of announcing that he used to be a punker but is now a middle-school English teacher, or if becoming a teacher has actually turned my dad into this genuine throwback.Gayle Forman -- If I Stay
- his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists
- Clutton, the most silent of them all, remained behind listening, with a sardonic smile on his lips, to Cronshaw's maunderings.Maugham, W. Somerset -- Of Human Bondage
- An elderly man was at their heels scolding and directing in a creaky, sardonic voice.Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan -- The Poison Belt
- Jimmie gave vent to a sardonic curse and then laughed heavily.Crane, Stephen -- Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
- He continued to grin with a sardonic humour, with a cynical mockery and defiance.London, Jack -- The Sea Wolf
- I believe that I am one of the most long-suffering of mortals; but I'll admit that I was annoyed at the sardonic interruption.Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan -- The Valley of Fear
- Carol's grin is sardonic.Ellen Hopkins -- Identical
- The latter has a sardonic ring.Richard Hofstadter -- Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth
- The rustler chief had a trump card to play; one that showed in his sardonic smile.Zane Grey -- The Heritage of the Desert
- The question and the use of her name was sardonic.Ian McEwan -- Atonement
- Snape raised his eyebrows and his tone was sardonic as he asked, "Are you intending to let him kill you?"J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
sardonic = humorous in a mocking, cynical, or ironic way
sardonically = with humor that is mocking, cynical, or ironic
sardonically = with humor that is mocking, cynical, or ironic
sardonic = humorous in a mocking, cynical, or ironic way
sardonic = humorous in a mocking, cynical, or ironic way
sardonic = humorous in a mocking, cynical, or ironic way
sardonic = humorous in an ironic way (saying one thing while meaning something else)
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