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sardonic
sardonic is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
- 2adjective
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis.
- 3adjective
disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking- Frank Schoenberner- Irwin Edman
"his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"
"a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing"
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