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sardonic | indicted |

As an adjective sardonic

is scornfully mocking or cynical.

As a verb indicted is

(indict).

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

    indicted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (indict)

    • indict

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
    • a book that indicts modern values
  • (legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
    • his former manager was indicted for fraud

    See also

    * indite