Usually means: Mockery tinged with grim humor.
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▸ noun:  The quality of being sardonic

Similar:
sarcasticness, sarkiness, sassiness, scathingness, snarkiness, satiricalness, cynicality, scornfulness, ironicalness, mordacity, more...

Opposite:
earnestness, sincerity, seriousness

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Similar:
sarcasticness, sarkiness, sassiness, scathingness, snarkiness, satiricalness, cynicality, scornfulness, ironicalness, mordacity, more...

Opposite:
earnestness, sincerity, seriousness



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