How is the word язвительный translated from Russian to English

English translation
sardonic
adjective

Насмешливый мрачно и горько.

Mocking in a dark and bitter way.

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  • На лице у него была язвительная усмешка. — He wore a sardonic smile.

  • Её рецензия на спектакль вышла язвительной и холодной. — Her review of the play was sardonic and cold.

  • Почему он так язвительно говорит обо всём этом плане? — Why does he sound so sardonic about the whole plan?

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