"sardonic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /sɑːˈdɒnɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sɑɹˈdɑnɪk/ [General-American], /sɐːˈdɔnɪk/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-sardonic.ogg [US], en-au-sardonic.ogg [Australia] Forms: more sardonic [comparative], most sardonic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒnɪk Etymology: From French sardonique, from Latin sardonius, from Ancient Greek σαρδόνιος (sardónios), alternative form of σαρδάνιος (sardánios, “bitter or scornful laughter”), which is often cited as deriving from the Sardinian plant (Ranunculus sardous or possibly Oenanthe crocata), known as either σαρδάνη (sardánē) or σαρδόνιον (sardónion). When eaten, it would cause the eater's face to contort in a look resembling scorn (generally followed by death). It might also be related to σαίρω (saírō, “I grin”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|sardonique}} French sardonique, {{der|en|la|sardonius}} Latin sardonius, {{der|en|grc|σαρδόνιος}} Ancient Greek σαρδόνιος (sardónios), {{m|grc|σαρδάνιος||bitter or scornful laughter}} σαρδάνιος (sardánios, “bitter or scornful laughter”), {{m|grc|σαρδάνη}} σαρδάνη (sardánē), {{m|grc|σαρδόνιον}} σαρδόνιον (sardónion), {{m|grc|σαίρω||I grin}} σαίρω (saírō, “I grin”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} sardonic (comparative more sardonic, superlative most sardonic)
  1. Scornfully mocking or cynical. Synonyms: sneering, satirical Translations (scornfully mocking): язвителен (jazvitelen) (Bulgarian), sardònic (Catalan), sardonisch (Dutch), häijy (Finnish), ivallinen (Finnish), sardonique (French), hämisch (German), mokant (German), σαρδόνιος (sardónios) (Greek), sardonico (Italian), sarcastico (Italian), sprezzante (Italian), bitter (Norwegian), sardonisk (Norwegian Bokmål), زهرخنده (zahrxande) (Persian), sardoniczny (Polish), sardónico [Portugal] (Portuguese), sardônico [Brazil] (Portuguese), сардони́ческий (sardoníčeskij) (Russian), sardóničen (Slovene), sardónico (Spanish), bitter (Swedish), sardonisk (Swedish), hakaret dolu (Turkish), horlayıcı (Turkish), küçümseyen (Turkish), küçümseyici (Turkish), acı (Turkish), сардоні́чний (sardoníčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sardonic-en-adj-GhVK7AOF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'scornfully mocking': 90 10
  2. Disdainfully or ironically humorous. Categories (topical): Comedy Synonyms: sarcastic Translations (ironically humorous): подигравателен (podigravatelen) (Bulgarian), sardonique (French), bitter (German), sarkastisch (German), sardonisch (German), sardonico (Italian), sardoniczny (Polish), sardónico [Portugal] (Portuguese), sardônico [Brazil] (Portuguese), sardóničen (Slovene), sardónico (Spanish), ondskefull (Swedish), alaylı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sardonic-en-adj-IEZURROH Disambiguation of Comedy: 15 85 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'ironically humorous': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sardonical, sardonically, sardonicism, sardony, unsardonic Related terms: sardoin, Sardonian [obsolete], sardonyx

Adjective [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French sardonique, from Latin sardonicus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|fr|sardonique|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French sardonique, {{bor+|ro|fr|sardonique}} Borrowed from French sardonique, {{der|ro|la|sardonicus}} Latin sardonicus Head templates: {{ro-adj}} sardonic m or n (feminine singular sardonică, masculine plural sardonici, feminine and neuter plural sardonice) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-adj}} Forms: sardonică [feminine, singular], sardonici [masculine, plural], sardonice [feminine, neuter, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], sardonic [accusative, indefinite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], sardonică [accusative, feminine, indefinite, nominative, singular], sardonici [accusative, indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], sardonice [accusative, feminine, indefinite, neuter, nominative, plural], sardonicul [accusative, definite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], sardonica [accusative, definite, feminine, nominative, singular], sardonicii [accusative, definite, masculine, nominative, plural], sardonicele [accusative, definite, feminine, neuter, nominative, plural], sardonic [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], sardonice [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, singular], sardonici [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, plural], sardonice [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, neuter, plural], sardonicului [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], sardonicei [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, singular], sardonicilor [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, plural], sardonicelor [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. sardonic Tags: masculine, neuter
    Sense id: en-sardonic-ro-adj-AwJcW6op Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sardonice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sardonicului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sardonicei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sardonicilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sardonicelor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sardonic m or n (feminine singular sardonică, masculine plural sardonici, feminine and neuter plural sardonice)",
      "name": "ro-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ro-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian adjectives",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sardonic"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sardonic",
          "sardonic#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sardonic"
}

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