Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - sardonic
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1.
If you describe someone as sardonic, you mean their attitude to people or things is humorous but rather critical. ...a big, sardonic man, who intimidated his students. ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: French sardonique, from Greek sardonios Date: 1638 disdainfully or skeptically humorous ; derisively mocking a ~ comment his ~ expression Synonyms: see sarcastic • ~ally adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 grimly jocular. 2 (of laughter etc.) bitterly mocking or cynical. Derivatives sardonically adv. sardonicism n. Etymology: F sardonique, earlier sardonien f. L sardonius f. Gk sardonios of Sardinia, alt. of sardanios Homeric epithet of bitter or scornful laughter ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. злобный, сардонический sardonic laugh —- сардонический смех sardonic expression —- язвительное выражение лица with a sardonic lift of the eyebrows —- насмешливо подняв брови ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1638, from Fr. sardonique, from L. sardonius, from Gk. sardonios "of bitter or scornful laughter," altered from Homeric sardanios by influence of Sardonios "Sardinian," because the Greeks believed that eating sardonion ("Sardinian plant") caused facial convulsions resembling those of sardonic laughter. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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