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- What is the difference between sarcastic and sardonic?
- What does the word facetiously?
- What is meaning of sarcastic?
- What is another word for sarcastic?
- What is a sardonic smile?
- What's the meaning of sardonic?
- What do you call a person who is not serious?
- What is a tenacious?
- What does flippant mean?
What is the difference between sarcastic and sardonic?
Sarcastic and sardonic are similar, but not precisely the same, in meaning. Sarcastic: “marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt.” Sardonic: “characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.”
What does the word facetiously?
adjective. not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark. amusing; humorous. lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous: a facetious person.
What is meaning of sarcastic?
sarcastic, satiric, ironic, sardonic mean marked by bitterness and a power or will to cut or sting. sarcastic implies an intentional inflicting of pain by deriding, taunting, or ridiculing. a critic known for his sarcastic remarks satiric implies that the intent of the ridiculing is censure and reprobation.
What is another word for sarcastic?
Sarcastic Synonyms - WordHippo Thesaurus.
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What is another word for sarcastic?
| caustic | cutting |
|---|---|
| mordant | sardonic |
| satirical | sharp |
| ironic | mocking |
| snarky | sneering |
What is a sardonic smile?
The Sardonic Smile / Client: The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association. ... In medicine, it is defined as a smile-like facial expression induced by involuntary muscle spasms most often caused by toxins released by tetanus bacteria.
What's the meaning of sardonic?
: disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking a sardonic comment.
What do you call a person who is not serious?
other words for not serious
amusing. humorous. jocular. joking.
What is a tenacious?
1a : not easily pulled apart : cohesive a tenacious metal. b : tending to adhere or cling especially to another substance tenacious burs. 2a : persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired a tenacious advocate of civil rights tenacious negotiators.
What does flippant mean?
1 : lacking proper respect or seriousness. 2 archaic : glib, talkative.
