Associations to the word «Sardonic»

Wiktionary

SARDONIC, adjective. Scornfully mocking or cynical.
SARDONIC, adjective. Disdainfully or ironically humorous.

Dictionary definition

SARDONIC, adjective. 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.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope