| 单词 | sardonic |
| 释义 | sardonic (once / 2184 pages) adj If someone is being scornful and mocking in a humorous way, call her sardonic. If you want to write comic sketches for late-night talk shows, work on being sardonic. Sardonic comes from the Greek adjective Sardonios, which actually describes a plant from a place called Sardinia that supposedly made your face contort into a horrible grin...right before you died from its poison. The Greeks used sardonic for laughter, but we only use it when someone's humor is also mocking or ironic. WORD FAMILYsardonic: sardonically USAGE EXAMPLES“When I first read the script I thought that’s the part to be, always wry and sardonic,” Fisher told a gathering in England in 2015. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) “When I first read the script I thought that’s the part to be, always wry and sardonic,” she told a gathering in England in 2015. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) Shirley Jackson accumulates little piles of irrelevant detail, topples them over with the expected sardonic swipe. Time(Dec 14, 2016) adj disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner Syn sarcastic expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds |
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