sardonicadjective
uk/sɑːˈdɒn.ɪk/us/sɑːrˈdɑː.nɪk/showing little respect in a humorous but unkind way, often because you think that you are too important to consider or discuss a matter:
a sardonic smile/look/comment
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Mocking and taunting
- burlesque
- caricature
- deride
- derision
- derisive
- fun
- haze
- lay yourself open to ridicule idiom
- make a mockery of sth idiom
- make a monkey out of sb idiom
- mimic
- mock
- mockery
- mocking
- parody
- scoff
- send
- send sb/sth up
- send-up
- take off
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sardonically
adverb uk/sɑːˈdɒn.ɪ.kəl.i/us/sɑːrˈdɑː.nɪ.kəl.i/