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sardonic


 
  Overview  of  adj  sardonic 
 
  The  adj  sardonic  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  sardonic,  wry  --  (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) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  sardonic 
 
  1  sense  of  sardonic 
 
  Sense  1 
  sardonic,  wry 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  sarcastic)  ->  unsarcastic 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  sardonic 
 
  1  sense  of  sardonic 
 
  Sense  1 
  sardonic,  wry 
  =>  sarcastic  (vs.  unsarcastic) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  sardonic 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  sardonic 
 
  sardonic  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  sardonic 
  sardonic 
 
  Overview  of  adj  sardonic 
 
  The  adj  sardonic  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  sardonic,  wry  --  (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) 



sardonic definition