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Sardonic vs Epicaricacy - What's the difference?

sardonic | epicaricacy |

As an adjective sardonic

is scornfully mocking or cynical.

As a noun epicaricacy is

rejoicing at or deriving pleasure from the misfortunes of others.

sardonic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Scornfully mocking or cynical.
    • He distances himself from people with his nasty, sardonic laughter.
  • * Sir H. Wotton
    • strained, sardonic smiles
  • * Burke
    • the scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian
  • Disdainfully or ironically humorous.

    • Related terms

    * Sardonian

    epicaricacy

    English

    Alternative forms

    (Alternative forms and transliterations of epicaricacy) * epicharikaky * epikairekakia * epichaerecacia

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rare) Rejoicing at or deriving pleasure from the misfortunes of others.

    • Usage notes

    * The word is mentioned in some early dictionaries, but there is little or no evidence of actual usage until it was picked up by various "interesting word" websites around the turn of the twenty-first century.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "epicaricacy")

    Synonyms

    * schadenfreude

    See also

    * gloating * sadism * sardonic * schadenfreude * Ucalegon * lulz

    External links

    (wikipedia epicaricacy) * infopop.cc * wordsmith.org * Powellsbooks.blog * Google book search on epikhairekakia * Google book search on Epichaerecacia

    References

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