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• s  disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
  his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner

• The senator was treated to loud and sardonic laughter when he proposed legislation on same-sex marriage.
• Humor writers rely on offbeat characters and sardonic twists in language and that leaves the reader chuckling in delight.
• Traces of sardonic humor can still be found in his writing, but the cool phrases of the time are completely gone.

News & Articles

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• Artist to Watch: Waxahatchee
  Band: Waxahatchee From: Birmingham, Alabama; now resides in Philadelphia Members: Katie Crutchfield Her sound: Her voice echoes the raw, sardonic, moody-girl attitude made so popular in the 1990?s by artists like Liz Phair, but Crutchfield puts a modern, melodic spin on her punchy, indie-pop sound. 3-Minute Bio: The 24-year-old began making music 10 years ago amid the DIY punk scene in ...
  June 7, 2013 - Time Magazine
• Cramer: This Correction Is Long in the Tooth
  Editor's Note: This article was originally published at 6:46 a.m. EDT on Real Money on June 6. To see Jim Cramer's latest commentary as it's published, sign up for a free trial of Real Money. NEW YORK (Real Money) -- I had only one laugh yesterday when I heard people asking, "Is this the start of the long-awaited correction?" I was laughing, of course, in a sardonic way because the truth is that ...
  June 6, 2013 - TheStreet.com

Quotes

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• Dennis Miller in Houston Chronicle
  Listen,Miller says, "I've been a Marlboro-Man sardonic outlaw for so many years, I was enamored of anybody coming to me and pitching me an idea to be a more convivial, This Is Your Life, Ralph Edwards type, that I sucked it up like a sponge. It...
• Richard Patrick in Blabbermouth.net
  Patrick describes the soaring anthem - with its U2/BOWIE flavor and stacked backdrop of buzzing electric guitars - as a "sardonic anti-war/pro-troops song."
• James Dickey in The Daily Citizen
  One cannot read him without being touched by his sardonic yet compassionate countryman's voice, his hunter's irony,said author James Dickey.