| slovo | definícia |
sardonic
(encz) | sardonic,sardonický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sardonic
(encz) | sardonic,zatrpklý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Sardonic
(gcide) | Sardonic \Sar*don"ic\, a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at
Colchis.
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Sardonic
(gcide) | Sardonic \Sar*don"ic\, a. [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. ?,
?, perhaps fr. ? to grin like a dog, or from a certain plant
of Sardinia, Gr. ?, which was said to screw up the face of
the eater.]
Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking,
malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh,
smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
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Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still,
And grief is forced to laugh against her will. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody
ruffian. --Burke.
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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.
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sardonic
(wn) | sardonic
adj 1: 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 |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
sardonic
(encz) | sardonic,sardonický adj: Zdeněk Brožsardonic,zatrpklý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sardonically
(encz) | sardonically,sardonicky adv: Zdeněk Brožsardonically,zatrpkle adv: Zdeněk Brož |
sardonicky
(czen) | sardonicky,sardonicallyadv: Zdeněk Brož |
sardonický
(czen) | sardonický,sardonicadj: Zdeněk Brož |
Sardonic grin
(gcide) | Sardonic \Sar*don"ic\, a. [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. ?,
?, perhaps fr. ? to grin like a dog, or from a certain plant
of Sardinia, Gr. ?, which was said to screw up the face of
the eater.]
Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking,
malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh,
smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
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Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still,
And grief is forced to laugh against her will. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody
ruffian. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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Sardonic laugh
(gcide) | Sardonic \Sar*don"ic\, a. [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. ?,
?, perhaps fr. ? to grin like a dog, or from a certain plant
of Sardinia, Gr. ?, which was said to screw up the face of
the eater.]
Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking,
malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh,
smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
[1913 Webster]
Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still,
And grief is forced to laugh against her will. --Sir H.
Wotton.
[1913 Webster]
The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody
ruffian. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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sardonic
(wn) | sardonic
adj 1: 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 |
sardonically
(wn) | sardonically
adv 1: in a sarcastic manner; "`Ah, now we're getting at the
truth,' he interposed sarcastically" [syn:
sarcastically, sardonically] |
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