à¦¤à¦¿à¦à§à¦¤ bitter, sardonic, nippy, mordant, arrowy à¦à§à¦£à¦¾à¦ªà§à¦°à§à¦£ contemptuous, hateful, scornful, cynical, loathsome, sardonic à¦¬à§à¦¯à¦à§à¦à¦ªà§à¦°à§à¦£ incisive, sardonic, sly à¦à¦¬à¦à§à¦à¦¾-à¦à¦¿à¦¶à§à¦°à¦¿à¦¤ à¦¬à§à¦¯à¦à§à¦à¦ªà§à¦°à§à¦£ sardonic à¦à¦¬à¦à§à¦à¦¾à¦¸à§à¦à¦ contemptuous, sardonic à¦¬à¦¿à¦¦à§à¦°à§à¦ªà¦¾à¦¤à§à¦à¦ derisory, sardonic. grimly mocking or cynical. \\"Starkey attempted a sardonic smile\\" ***synonyms: mocking, satirical; sarcastic, ironical, ironic, cynical, scornful, contemptuous, derisive, derisory, sneering, jeering, scoffing, taunting; scathing, caustic, trenchant, mordant, cutting, sharp, stinging, acerbic, tart, acid; wry, dry; informal sarky; rare mordacious, acidulous. disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking. A stand-up comedian walks a fine line when making jokes about members of the audience; such fun and joking can quickly become sardonic and cutting. Definition of Sardonic displaying disrespect in a scornful way Examples of Sardonic in a sentence Jim\\'s sardonic laugh made his parents angry enough to stop paying his cellphone bill. After Rick was fired from the restaurant, he wrote a sardonic review of the eatery. Female readers were turned off by the newspaper editor\\'s sardonic column that described violence as the best way to teach a woman. Because Jack spoke to his principal in a sardonic manner, he received a three-day suspension for being disrespectful. The criminal had a sardonic smile on his face when he shot at the police officer. In the cartoon, the villain gave a sardonic sneer before kicking the hero off the top of the building. The judge responded to the defendant\\'s sardonic smirk by having him removed from the courtroom. Although my sister spoke in a sardonic voice, I knew she meant no disrespect to me. The comedian was known for his sardonic remarks about his ex-wife. Since my mother-in-law does not think I am good enough for her son, she always speaks to me in a sardonic tone.