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American Heritage Dictionary:
Scornfully or cynically mocking. See synonyms at sarcastic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary:
Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
   Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief is forced to laugh against her will —Sir H. Wotton
   The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian —Burke
WordNet 1.6, Princeton University:
disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking (sny: wry)
   His rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists —Frank Schoenberner

Thanks to mandrigora for inspiring my learning. *grin*

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