showing that you think that you are better than other people and do not take them seriously synonym mocking轻慢的;轻蔑的;嘲弄的 a sardonic smile 讪笑 He looked at her with sardonic amusement. 他嘲弄地看着她,感觉很好笑。 Her voice had a sardonic, mocking tone that frightened Connie. 她的声音带着嘲讽的口吻,使康妮感到害怕。
Oxford Collocations DictionarySardonic is used with these nouns:- comment
- eyebrow
- gleam
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French sardonique, earlier sardonien, via Latin from Greek sardonios ‘of Sardinia’, alteration of sardanios, used by Homer to describe bitter or scornful laughter.