Read full poem →Scepticism and melancholy, bitter and sardonic, are certainly the
dominant notes in the sombre fragment of satire _The Progresse of the
Dictionary Entry
Scornfully mocking or cynical.
In a Sentence
“He distances himself from people with his nasty, sardonic laughter.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
smile sardonic. sardonicgrin sardonichumor sardonichumour sardoniclaugh sardonic
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Poetry examples for “sardonic”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →and anger, is the dominant note in Donne's love-poetry. Of the last
quality there is, despite the sardonic emphasis of some of the poems,
less than in either Shakespeare or Catullus. There is nothing in
Read full poem →which it suffered.' In a mood of bitter admiration, of sceptical and
sardonic wonder, he contemplates the great bad souls who had troubled
the world and served it too, for the idea on which the poem was to
Read full poem →The sergeant, taking note of this, gave pause to his elaborate
history while he administered a sardonic comment. “Be keerful,
honey, you ’ll be a-ketchin’ flies,” he said.