(Adjective) sardoniczny, zgryźliwy;
adj sardoniczny
sardoniczny
adj sardoniczny
(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)
sardoniczny
synonim: snarky
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When he discovered my teeth-whitening trays in the bathroom, he turned to me with a sardonic smile: "You're leaving no stone unturned are you?" Nevertheless, the "fridge doors" (as he calls them) will be bleached.
Most days I go to the barrio's market and see no food at all - the United States government is blockading the country - but somehow the people contend with appalling circumstances, rarely losing the sardonic stoicism that reminds me of how inner-city Dubliners talk.
Here's a second irony: in the week that the Larkin estate published its long-awaited volume of the poet's letters to his muse, Monica Jones, the statuesque, charismatic Hughes (always an object of Larkin's sardonic jesting) stole the headlines with just 150 lines, from the tortured, guilt-stricken self-questioning of "What happened that night? Your final night.
It's also the word-of-mouth hit of 2010, the ecstatic reviews that greeted its gentle soft rock melodies and grimly sardonic lyrics followed by a nomination for best breakthrough act at the Mojo awards earlier this month.