Definition for Sardonic:

• sär-don'ik, adj. forced, heartless, or bitter, said of a forced unmirthful laugh--( obs.) SARD[= O]' NIAN.-- adv. SARDON'ICALLY. [ Fr. sardonique-- L. sardonius, sardonicus-- Gr. sardanios, referred to sardonion, a plant of Sardinia ( Gr. Sard[= o]), which was said to screw up the face of the eater, but more prob. from Gr. sairein, to grin.]

Synonyms for Sardonic:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • snarky,
  • sardonic.
  •backhanded (adjective)
  • Two-edged,
  • double-edged,
  • twoedged.
  •bitter (adjective)
  • in-tensest,
  • be grudging,
  • be-grudging,
  • morose,
  • with chip shoulder,
  • more estranged,
  • in tenser,
  • most estranged,
  • in tense,
  • more begrudging,
  • most begrudging,
  • in tensest,
  • in-tenser,
  • in-tense.
  •contemptuous (adjective)
  • disparaging,
  • antipathetic,
  • snootiest,
  • deprecative,
  • flippant,
  • temperamental,
  • hardnosed,
  • on high horse,
  • dog it,
  • cold-shoulder,
  • abusive,
  • hard-nosed,
  • opprobrious,
  • derisory,
  • coldshoulder,
  • mocking,
  • Ridiculing,
  • high hat,
  • disdainful,
  • insulting,
  • derisive,
  • jeering.
  •cutting (adjective)
  • in-goingest,
  • in goinger,
  • most wounding,
  • in-goinger,
  • in goingest,
  • in going,
  • more wounding,
  • clearcut,
  • scathing,
  • ingoingest,
  • In-going,
  • ingoinger.
  •cynical (adjective)
  • mis-anthropic,
  • most misanthropical,
  • mis anthropic,
  • mis-anthropical,
  • un believing,
  • more misanthropical,
  • un-believing,
  • mis anthropical.
  •dry (adjective)
  • low key,
  • salty.
  •quizzical (adjective)
  • in-quiring,
  • dis-believing,
  • most show me,
  • in credulous,
  • more aporetic,
  • most bantering,
  • un-usual,
  • most show-me,
  • un usual,
  • showme,
  • dis believing,
  • more bantering,
  • most aporetic,
  • most showme,
  • show me,
  • more showme,
  • most questioning,
  • more questioning,
  • in-credulous,
  • more show me,
  • in quiring,
  • more show-me.
  •sarcastic (adjective)
  • taunting,
  • offensive,
  • disrespectful,
  • caustic,
  • smart-alecky,
  • acerbic,
  • wise,
  • mean,
  • sharp,
  • carping,
  • evil,
  • biting,
  • arrogant,
  • scorching,
  • nasty,
  • irascible,
  • mordant.
  •satiric (adjective)
  • satiric.
  •satirical/satiric (adjective)
  • most parodying,
  • more spoofing,
  • more parodying,
  • most ridiculing,
  • most spoofing,
  • more ridiculing,
  • most lampooning,
  • more satiric,
  • more lampooning.
  •scornful (adjective)
  • in solent,
  • more belittling,
  • in-solent,
  • most belittling.
  •trenchant (adjective)
  • the point,
  • to the point.
  •wry (adjective)
  • aslant.

• n.

  •
  • MONA LISA,
  • humourless,
  • gummy,
  • lazy,
  • cheesy,
  • broadly,
  • brittle,
  • humorless,
  • mirthless,
  • broad.
  •
  • cynic,
  • attitude,
  • respect.
  •sarcastic (noun)
  • study at sarcastic.
  •sardonic (noun)
  • wry.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ironic.

Antonyms for Sardonic:

• adj.

  • sarcastic
    kind, calm, nice.
  • Other antonyms:
    cordial, diplomatic, suave, mild, genial, urbane, gentle, amusing, affable, droll, good-humored, gracious, sociable, playful, hospitable, polite, bland, smooth, sportive, good-natured, merry, waggish, unsarcastic.

Sardonic Sentence Examples:

• Then he raised both hands in a sudden, sardonic gesture, and with a loping, inhuman glide, raced for the transmitter.

• There was a trace of the sardonic in her voice.

Homophones for Sardonic:

• skywriting, sardonyx, sure thing, skirting, shrewdness, sacredness, sorting, square dance, scrutinize, sword dance, scardinius, scrutinise, sordidness, shortening, shortness, seaworthiness, swarthiness, shirting, squirting.