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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: the difference between sardonic and saturnine dissentathy #174194 03/01/08 03:56 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland according to the OED, sardonic means "exhibiting bitterness, scorn or mockery" (mostly in the expression "sardonic smile"). It is not related to "saturnine", which means "sluggish, cold and gloomy in temperament". The only common ground of these words is their negative tone. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted the difference between sardonic and saturnine dissentathy 02/29/08 11:47 PM Re: the difference between sardonic and saturnine wsieber 03/01/08 03:56 PM Re: the difference between sardonic and saturnine tsuwm 03/01/08 06:56 PM Re: the difference between sardonic and saturnine latin101 03/07/08 05:38 AM Re: the difference between sardonic and saturnine BranShea 03/07/08 06:39 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,012 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 203 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 23 A C Bowden 12 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,968 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,957 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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