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To be sardonic is to be disdainfully or cynically humorous, or scornfully mocking. A form of wit or humour, being sardonic often involves expressing an uncomfortable truth in a clever and not necessarily malicious way, often with a degree of skepticism.
A classical sign of Tetanus, risus sardonicus is a form of facial dystonia producing a fixed smiling or grinning expression. Risus sardonicus or rictus grin is a highly characteristic, abnormal, sustained spasm of the facial muscles that appears to produce grinning.
5. Nov. 2020 · Learn how the term "sardonic grin" originated from the ancient use of hemlock, a poisonous herb that caused a creepy and involuntary smile. Discover how hemlock was employed for assassinations, euthanasia, and executions in the Mediterranean world.
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8. Aug. 2023 · Learn how the ancient Phoenicians created a gruesome smile on the dead by using a poisonous plant. Discover the legend, the history, and the mystery behind the sardonic grin.
14. Feb. 2011 · Sardonic: grimly mocking or cynical. She wrote sarcastic comments on their failures. She's witty and sarcastic. Starkey attempted a sardonic smile. The differences between the words are: sardonic doesn't implicate the use of irony; sarcastic is not used referring something/somebody cynical; sarcastic doesn't implicate a grim (sad or ...
- @Manoochehr doesn't quite catch the meaning of sardonic. It means "grimly mocking or cynical." My Webster's gives its origin as mid 17th cent.: fro...
- Examples: Sarcastic: Well, this meeting with the boss should be hilarious. Sardonic: Time for the monthly flogging by a twerp in a suit; I'll try n...
- According to Longman Dictionary of contemporary English: Sardonic : showing that you do not have a good opinion of someone or something, and feel...
- The definition of the words I can read on the NOAD are: Sarcastic: marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt. Sardonic:...
- To answer the currently unanswered half of the question: Criticism, if done correctly, is different to sardonism or sarcasm in that they are a mode...
- From the Merriam-Webster online dictionary: Definition of sardonic : disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking // a sardonic comm...
Sardonismus bezeichnet im Unterschied zum Sarkasmus keinen beißenden, bitteren Spott, sondern einen grimmigen, schmerzvollen. [1] . Verbunden ist dieser oft mit einem unheimlichen, finsteren Gelächter, dem sardonischen Lachen . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Ursprung. 2 Sardonisches Grinsen. 3 Weblinks. 4 Einzelnachweise. Ursprung.
Sardonic means disdainfully or skeptically humorous, marked by bitterness and a power or will to cut or sting. It comes from the Greek sardónios, meaning of laughter or smiling bitter, scornful. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and more.
