Tom is always ready with a sardonic remark.
Source: tatoeba (12338115)
Sardonic
//sɑːˈdɒnɪk//
Synonyms for "sardonic" (33 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (16)
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3 entriesderived
6 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- подигравателен adj (ironically humorous)
- язвителен adj (scornfully mocking)
Catalan
1 entries- sardònic adj (scornfully mocking)
Czech
2 entries- sardonický adj (scornfully mocking)
- sardonický adj (ironically humorous)
Dutch
1 entries- sardonisch adj (scornfully mocking)
Finnish
4 entries- häijy adj (scornfully mocking)
- ivallinen adj (scornfully mocking)
- katkeran ivallinen adj (scornfully mocking)
- sardoninen adj (scornfully mocking)
French
2 entries- sardonique adj (scornfully mocking)
- sardonique adj (ironically humorous)
German
4 entries- bitter adj (ironically humorous)
- hämisch adj (scornfully mocking)
- mokant adj (scornfully mocking)
- sardonisch adj (ironically humorous)
Greek
1 entries- σαρδόνιος adj (scornfully mocking)
Italian
4 entries- sarcastico adj (scornfully mocking)
- sardonico adj (scornfully mocking)
- sardonico adj (ironically humorous)
- sprezzante adj (scornfully mocking)
Norwegian
1 entries- bitter adj (scornfully mocking)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sardonisk adj (scornfully mocking)
Persian
1 entries- زهرخنده adj (scornfully mocking)
Polish
4 entries- drwiący adj (scornfully mocking)
- sardoniczny adj (scornfully mocking)
- sardoniczny adj (ironically humorous)
- szyderczy adj (scornfully mocking)
Portuguese
4 entries- sardónico adj (scornfully mocking)
- sardónico adj (ironically humorous)
- sardônico adj (scornfully mocking)
- sardônico adj (ironically humorous)
Russian
4 entries- ехи́дный adj (scornfully mocking)
- ко́лкий adj (scornfully mocking)
- сардони́ческий adj (scornfully mocking)
- язви́тельный adj (scornfully mocking)
Slovene
2 entries- sardóničen adj (scornfully mocking)
- sardóničen adj (ironically humorous)
Spanish
2 entries- sardónico adj (scornfully mocking)
- sardónico adj (ironically humorous)
Swedish
3 entries- bitter adj (scornfully mocking)
- ondskefull adj (ironically humorous)
- sardonisk adj (scornfully mocking)
Turkish
4 entries- acı adj (scornfully mocking)
- alaylı adj (ironically humorous)
- hakaret dolu adj (scornfully mocking)
- horlayıcı adj (scornfully mocking)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сардоні́чний adj (scornfully mocking)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Tom's sardonic wit alienates a lot of people.
Source: tatoeba (12338117)
He holds a sardonic thought toward him.
Source: tatoeba (13363055)
He distances himself from people with his nasty, sardonic laughter.
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