meaning of sardonic
1. Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
2. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis.
3. 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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sardonic | sardonically |
