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

The writing in that book is sardonic and lacerating, but it doesn’t dazzle for its own sake.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 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

He wore a black windbreaker and had a sardonic edge to him.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater