The meaning of Sardonic

adjective

Able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action.

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A caustic cleaner

noun

A caustic substance.

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Spent grain, yeast, ethanol, and acids and caustics used for cleaning are all sent out to be used f…

adjective

Strongly critical

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A caustic remark

adjective

Showing contempt; scornful.

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She was intolerant and contemptuous of the majority of the human race

noun

The action of cutting something.

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The cutting of the cake

adjective

Capable of cutting something.

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The cutting blades of the hedge trimmer

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Usage examples:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

adjective

Believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

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He was brutally cynical and hardened to every sob story under the sun

Believing the worst of human nature and motives

adjective

Not trusting or respecting the goodness of other people and their actions, but believing that people are interested only in themselves

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Listening to politicians for too long can make you cynical., she’s become cynical about men., he’s …

adjective

Expressing contempt or ridicule.

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He gave a harsh, derisive laugh

adjective

Showing derision

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Derisive laughter, a derisive comment/remark

adjective

Ridiculously small or inadequate.

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They were given a derisory pay rise

adjective

A derisory amount of money is so small it is silly

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We were awarded a derisory sum.

adjective

Using or characterized by irony.

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His mouth curved into an ironic smile

adjective

Using words that suggest the opposite of what you intend, usually in order to be humorous

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The play was full of witty, ironic banter., [ + that clause ] it’s really ironic that i would be as…

adjective

Making rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice.

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The jeering crowds

verb

Make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice.

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Some of the younger men jeered at him

noun

The action of laughing or shouting insults at someone to show you have no respect for them

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Loud jeering from the opposition parties, i shouted to be heard above the jeering of my colleagues.

adjective

Making fun of someone or something in a cruel way; derisive.

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He got jeers and mocking laughter as he addressed the marchers

verb

Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.

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Opposition mps mocked the government's decision

adjective

Mocking behaviour involves laughing at someone or something in an unkind way

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A mocking voice, mocking humour/laughter

adjective

(especially of humour) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting.

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A mordant sense of humour

noun

A substance, typically an inorganic oxide, that combines with a dye or stain and thereby fixes it in a material.

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In order to get the color to stick well on the fiber, the wool was usually pretreated with a metal …

verb

Impregnate or treat (a fabric) with a mordant.

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Mordanting a fibre is simple

adjective

Marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt.

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Making sarcastic comments

adjective

Using remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what you say, in order to hurt someone's feelings or to humorously criticize something

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A sarcastic comment/remark, are you being sarcastic?

adjective

Containing or using satire.

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A new york-based satirical magazine

adjective

Witheringly scornful; severely critical.

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She launched a scathing attack on the prime minister

verb

Harm; injure.

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He was barely scathed

adjective

Severely critical and unkind

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He delivered a scathing attack on the president.

adjective

Contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something.

Usage examples:

A scoffing cabin crew tells her there's no shower on the plane

noun

Contemptuous ridicule or mockery.

Usage examples:

He had to overcome the scoffing of theoretical physicists

verb

Speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.

Usage examples:

Patrick professed to scoff at soppy love scenes in films

adjective

Feeling or expressing contempt or derision.

Usage examples:

The opposition were scornful of the prime minister's proposal

adjective

(of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something.

Usage examples:

Cut the cake with a very sharp knife

adverb

Precisely (used after an expression of time).

Usage examples:

The meeting starts at 7.30 sharp

noun

A musical note raised a semitone above natural pitch.

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Choices in successive levels expand to all notes, then sharps and flats.

adjective

Contemptuous or mocking.

Usage examples:

He made a sneering comment about their closeness

noun

The action of smiling or speaking in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

Usage examples:

It will take a concerted effort from many to lay off the sneering—and try understanding

verb

Smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

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She had sneered at their bad taste

adjective

Having a sting; capable of wounding or piercing with a sting.

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A swarm of stinging insects

verb

Wound or pierce with a sting.

Usage examples:

He was stung by a jellyfish

adjective

Intended to provoke someone in an insulting or contemptuous manner.

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Taunting comments

verb

Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks.

Usage examples:

Pupils began taunting her about her weight

noun

The act of intentionally annoying and upsetting someone by making unkind remarks, laughing unkindly at them, etc.

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Bullying often consists of teasing or taunting rather than physical violence., the players are far …

adjective

Vigorous or incisive in expression or style.

Usage examples:

The white paper makes trenchant criticisms of health authorities

adjective

(of something said or written) forcefully and effectively expressed, and often in few words

Usage examples:

I enjoy reading murray’s trenchant comments on the relationship between sports and society.