📚 Sardonic, adjective. 🔉 /sɑːˈdɒnɪk/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: Grimly mocking or cynical. ❗️ Examples: 1. Starkey attempted a sardonic smile. 2. You can bet, though, that the Frenchman has allowed himself a sardonic smile. 3. I mean, he had a lot of sardonic, sarcastic things like that to say and to make fun of himself, and so forth. 4. The play has moments of sharp humour, mostly emanating from the sardonic Jean. 5. Happy to relate, acrimony is often enhanced by sardonic humour. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic