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sardonic 音标拼音: [sɑrd'ɑnɪk] a. 嘲笑的,冷笑的,讥讽的 嘲笑的,冷笑的,讥讽的 sardonic adj 1: 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 EdmanSardonic \ Sar* don" ic\, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief is forced to laugh against her will. -- Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster] The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster] 18 Moby Thesaurus words for " sardonic": Rabelaisian, caustic, contemptuous, corrosive, cynical, derisive, derisory, disdainful, dry, ironic, ironical, jeering, mocking, sarcastic, satiric, saturnine, sneering, wry
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