Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
source: Webster 1913
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
His rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists. A wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing.
