| 单词 | sardonic |
| 释义 | sardonic —sardonically, adv. —sardonicism, n. /sahr don"ik/, adj. characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin. [1630-40; alter. of earlier sardonian (influenced by F sardonique) < L sardoni(us) ( < Gk sardónios of Sardinia) + -AN; alluding to a Sardinian plant which when eaten was supposed to produce convulsive laughter ending in death] Syn. biting, mordant, contemptuous. |
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