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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sar·don·ic /sɑrˈdɑnɪk/
 (a.)嘲笑的,冷笑的,譏諷的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sar·don·ic a.  Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
 Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still,
 And grief is forced to laugh against her will.   --Sir H. Wotton.
    The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian.   --Burke.
 Sardonic grin or Sardonic laugh, an old medical term for a spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it an appearance of laughter.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sar·don·ic, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sardonic
      adj : disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking;
            "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all
            great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure
            to be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin
            Edman [syn: wry]