sardonic
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The answer, if you're interested, is 3.86kg, but it's typical of his sardonic humour, everything said with a straight face.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Conspicuous lip color can, after all, signify a million things — from class status to sardonic camp.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026
Along the way, Wilson takes Zoom meetings, unsuccessfully pitching this meta-doc to financiers, and, out of sardonic desperation, studying how to write a successful Hallmark movie.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026
These stories of Hujar’s day come through in a mildly sardonic back-and-forth, Ms. Hall’s Rosenkrantz a sympathetic partner in the knowing dialogue that unfolds between them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Snape raised his eyebrows and his tone was sardonic as he asked, “Are you intending to let him kill you?”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing sardonic
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 2
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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ACT Reading Test: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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