as in sarcastic
marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings
a sardonic little jab that made her visitor quiet and subdued for the rest of the night
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Recent Examples of sardonic
Burns’ cyclical, sardonic prose underscores the unnamed narrator’s defenselessness against neighborhood gossip that marks the Milkman’s unwanted attentions as consensual.
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Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Buy Now 06 of 14 'The Chosen and the Beautiful' by Nghi Vo
Daisy’s longtime friend and sardonic golf-playing flapper Jordan Baker is a minor character in The Great Gatsby.
—Danielle Teller, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Til Schweiger plays a sardonic whale-tourism boat captain (and former elite military operative, obviously) who gets roped into taking down a clandestine organization that’s building the perfect super-soldier through genetic experiments.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Following the party, viewers will plunge further into the sardonic story with a special Q&A featuring executive producers Charlie Brooker and Jessica Rhoades.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Buy Now 06 of 14 'The Chosen and the Beautiful' by Nghi Vo
Daisy’s longtime friend and sardonic golf-playing flapper Jordan Baker is a minor character in The Great Gatsby.
—Danielle Teller, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Til Schweiger plays a sardonic whale-tourism boat captain (and former elite military operative, obviously) who gets roped into taking down a clandestine organization that’s building the perfect super-soldier through genetic experiments.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Following the party, viewers will plunge further into the sardonic story with a special Q&A featuring executive producers Charlie Brooker and Jessica Rhoades.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sardonic
Adjective
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Green’s teammate, Moses Moody, gave a sarcastic response to Brooks’ assertion.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2025
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It was followed by a sarcastic post targeting Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.).—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That’s the premise of Douglas Is Cancelled, a cruelly funny 2024 BBC sitcom that seems very much in sync with satiric comedies such as The Office and W1A and Yes Minister.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
22 Mar. 2025
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Misery, a horror movie with a satiric streak, launched Bates’s film stardom.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Negan honored his wife by naming his deadly barbed wire baseball bat after her.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
5 May 2025
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The bat wrapped in barbed wire is back in a new iteration, informing much of Negan’s journey in the Season 2.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
2 May 2025
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“Sardonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sardonic. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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