an act to say something cynically or abuse severely
手きびしく皮肉や悪口を言うこと - EDR日英対訳辞書
She thinks cynically that love and marriage are different.
彼女は恋愛は恋愛, 結婚は結婚と割り切っているんだ. - 研究社 新和英中辞典
Genji, who had found the truth, talked cynically to Kashiwagi, and he was petrified and was on his deathbed.
事実を知った源氏に宴席で皮肉を言われた柏木は恐怖のあまり自失、死の床についた。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
In recent years, this phrase is cynically used for sekitori who quickly climbed to the top levels from the student sumo.
近年では学生相撲からスピード出世した関取に対して揶揄的な意味でも用いられる。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
Accordingly, sake made from rice turned into something disorderly, resulting in widespread of yami zake (illegal sake) or diluted sake such as Kingyoshu (a type of diluted sake described cynically because it is weak enough to let gold fish live in) which was produced by adding water to increase the volume.
そのため米を原料とする酒も秩序のないものへと化していき、水を入れて量だけ増した金魚酒に代表される闇酒や薄め酒が横行するようになった。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
On the other hand, as one Tenpo-tsuho coin was converted as eight rin (one Kanei-tsuho coin was one rin) in the new monetary system, it is said that people who were way behind the times or people who did not have ability to do so were sometimes cynically called 'Tenpo sen.'
その一方で、新通貨制度では天保通宝一枚=8厘(寛永通宝一枚=1厘)と換算されたために、新時代に乗り遅れた人やそれに適応するだけの才覚の足りない人を揶揄して「天保銭」と呼ぶ事もあったという。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス