Found 3 items, similar to sardonic.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: sardonic
tajam
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sardonic
sardonic
adj : 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 [syn:
wry]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sardonic
Sardonic
\Sar*don"ic\, a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at
Colchis.
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Sardonic
\Sar*don"ic\, a. [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. ?,
?, perhaps fr. ? to grin like a dog, or from a certain plant
of Sardinia, Gr. ?, which was said to screw up the face of
the eater.]
Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking,
malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh,
smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
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Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still,
And grief is forced to laugh against her will. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody
ruffian. --Burke.
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Sardonic grin or
Sardonic laugh, an old medical term for
a spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving
it an appearance of laughter.
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