Sardonic

Adjective

 * 1) Scornfully mocking or cynical.
 * He distances himself from people with his nasty, sardonic laughter.
 * 1) Disdainfully or ironically humorous.

Related terms

 * sardonian

Thesaurus
Rabelaisian, caustic, contemptuous, corrosive, cynical, derisive, derisory, disdainful, dry, ironic, ironical, jeering, mocking, sarcastic, satiric, saturnine, sneering, wry

Etymology
French sardonique < sardonius <  σαρδόνιος:, alternative form of σαρδάνιος:, which is often cited as deriving from the Sardinian plant (Ranunculus sardous), known as either  (sardanē) or σαρδόνιον (sardonion). When eaten, it would cause the eater's face to contort in a look resembling scorn (generally followed by death). It might also be related to σαίρω:.

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: hämisch, mokant
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: bitter
 * Persian: زهرخنده


 * Portuguese: sarcástico, motejante
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: bitter
 * Turkish: hakaret dolu, horlayıcı, küçümseyen, küçümseyici, acı


 * French:
 * German: bitter, sarkastisch, sardonisch
 * Italian:


 * Portuguese: ridículo, escarnificante, patético
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish: ondskefull
 * Turkish: alaylı