- 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...
-
Sardonic Wrath is the 10th
studio album by the
Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone. It was
released 6
September 2004 by
Moonfog Productions, and was...
- The
phrase "No good deed goes unpunished" is a
sardonic commentary on the
frequency with
which acts of
kindness backfire on
those who
offer them. In other...
- the
plant responsible for
producing the
sardonic grin. This
plant is a
possible candidate for the "
sardonic herb",
which was a
neurotoxic plant referred...
- in the Urdu language, is
revered for his
exceptional depth, irony, and
sardonic humor. The
author of some 250
short stories,
radio plays, essays, reminiscences...
-
involving the
Wheel of
Fortune star
Vanna White,
Circuit Judge Alex
Kozinski sardonically noted that "[f]or
better or worse, we are the
Court of
Appeals for the...
-
spectrum of his
possible tones: wit, ridicule, irony, sarcasm, cynicism, the
sardonic and invective. The type of
humour that
deals with
creating laughter at...
-
would be "Sardorum Pater"), as well as
being the stem of the
adjective "
sardonic". In
classical antiquity,
Sardinia was
called a
number of
names besides...
- owners. It was
filmed in
Southern California, so of
course we
expect a
sardonic look at the
peculiarities of the
Moonbeam State. But then
Gates of Heaven...
-
Boston also has its own
collection of
neologisms known as
Boston slang and
sardonic humor. In the
early 1800s,
William Tudor wrote that
Boston was "'perhaps...
