sardonic, what is this?

Question

what exactly does sardonic mean? can you use it in a sentence,can you say ''sardony'' would that be proper,like I cant believe the sardony he treated me with,how would you say that?thanks in advance

Answer 1

Sardonic--Disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
Sardony is not a word.
I can't believe the sardonic way he treated me.

Answer 2

sardonic
adjective
showing an amused attitude toward someone or something that suggests a criticism but does not express it

a sardonic smile

Mildly sardonic, the chairman's soft-spoken cross-examination embarrassed hostile witnesses without humiliating them.

(from Cambridge Dictionary of American English)

I have not been able to find a noun form "sardony."

Here the adjective sardonic modifies "way" and "manner."
I cannot believe the sardonic way he treated me.
I cannot believe the sardonic manner in which he spoke to me.

Answer 3

It means bitterly disdainful, Sardonic: characterized by or expressing disdainful, skeptical humor. I suppose you could use it the same way you'd use a word like cynical, except it's not sardony it's sardonically.

Answer 4

It is sarcasm with a sharp edge. "Her sardonic words cut to the very sole of the young man as he tried to make her happy"

Answer 5

sar·don·ic /sɑrˈdɒnɪk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[sahr-don-ik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.


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[Origin: 1630–40; alter. of earlier sardonian (influenced by F sardonique) < L sardoni(us) (< Gk sardónios of Sardinia) + -an; alluding to a Sardinian plant which when eaten was supposed to produce convulsive laughter ending in death]
Synonyms biting, mordant, contemptuous.
adj. Scornfully or cynically mocking. See Synonyms at sarcastic.


Yes, you can use this word in a sentence.

Answer 6

It means "scornfully mocking". To use as a noun, you would say "sardonism".

Answer 7

I was scared as to what the question was going to be, thank god it's just about sarcasm.... The first one that came to mind was foo fighters-these days "one of these days the clocks will stop and time won't mean a thing" "yeah it's alright, said it's alright" "easy for you to say your heart has never been broken your pride has never been stolen" "don't say it's alright"

Answer 8

Less caustic than Sarcastic
Sardony isn't proper.. it doesn't conjugate like a verb