sardonicaladj.
/sɑːˈdɒnɪkəl/ = sardonic adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [adjective]
satiric1509
satirien1509
satiricala1529
ironical1536
dry1542
Lucianical1561
satirial1579
sardonian1586
ironized1596
sarcasmical1602
ironic1614
Sardinian?1615
sardoin1633
sardonic1638
sarcastical1641
sardan1649
sarcasmous1663
sarcastic1695
witty1700
sarcasmatical1716
caustic1771
nippit1808
Lucianic1820
sardonican1837
quippy1859
sardonical1859
quipsome1881
sarky1912
Lucianesque1969
1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians lxxii He would..begin a very pleasant sardonical discourse upon the fall of man.
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adj.1859- cast in the teeth
- cast in the teeth with
- cast in the wind
- cast into the shade
- cast iron
- cast light on
- cast light upon
- cast loose
- cast lot
- cast lots
- cast love, favour, a fancy unto
- cast metal
- cast nasturtiums at
- cast nasturtiums on
- cast number
- cast occasionally to make sheep's-eyes at
- cast occasionally to make sheep'seyes at
- cast of features
- cast of the eye
- cast of the hand
- cast off
- cast off the yoke
- catchingness
- catchings
- catchland