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sardonic

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sar·don·ic  (sär-dnk)
adj.
Scornfully or cynically mocking. See Synonyms at sarcastic.

[French sardonique, from Greek sardonios, alteration of sardanios.]

sar·doni·cal·ly adv.
sar·doni·cism (--szm) n.

sardonic
Adjective
(of behaviour) mocking or scornful [Greek sardonios]
sardonically adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.sardonic - 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
sarcastic - expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

sardonic
Translations
Spanish sardonic [sɑːˈdɔnɪk] adjsardónico
French sardonic [sɑːˈdɔnɪk] adjsardonique
German sardonic [sɑːˈdɔnɪk] adj (smile) → süffisant
Italian sardonic [sɑːˈdɔnɪk] adjsardonico/a

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Again, a young girl, more bold and saucy than was fitting, brushed the priest's black robe, singing in his face the sardonic ditty, "niche, niche, the devil is caught.
B-'s most sardonic tones, to that enviable situation.
He told me with grim humour of the time he had spent acting as guide to Cockneys who wanted to see the night side of life in Paris; it was an occupation that appealed to his sardonic temper and somehow or other he had acquired a wide acquaintance with the more disreputable quarters of the city.
 
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