sar|don|ic

sar|don|ic
sar|don|ic «sahr DON ihk», adjective.
bitterly contemptuous; coldly scornful; mocking: »

a fiend's sardonic laugh, a sardonic outlook. I well remember his sardonic amusement over the hoopla occasioned in this country by the first Kinsey report (Atlantic).

SYNONYM(S): derisive. See syn. under sarcastic. (Cf.sarcastic)
[< French sardonique < Latin sardonius (< Greek sardónios of bitter or scornful smiles or laughter < sardónion a supposed Sardinian plant that produced hysterical convulsions + French -ique -ic]
sar|don´i|cal|ly, adverb.

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