sardonic /sɑːˈdɒnɪk/
adjective:
scornfully mocking or cynical.
"Tracy attempted a sardonic smile at the news that Ken won the competition."
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; sarky; mordacious, acidulous
"His sardonic sense of humour was not lost on the audience."
Origin
mid 17th century: from French sardonique, earlier sardonien, via Latin from Greek sardonios ‘of Sardinia’, alteration of sardanios, used by Homer to describe bitter or scornful laughter.
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