UnctuousSardonic:used to describe someone that is meant to seem friendly but that is unpleasant because it is obviously not sinceregrimly mocking or cynical. (By Merriam Webster)"stark attempted a sardonic smile". So unctuousI think"sardonic" smile seems appropriateis apt in this case to mebecause it also highlights the disapproving factor , if you follow other definitions.(from free dictionary: characterised by a scornful derision , bitter irony )