What is another word for ironic?
Synonyms for ironic
aɪˈrɒn ɪkiron·ic
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dry, ironic, ironical, wryadjective
humorously sarcastic or mocking
"dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"
Synonyms:
ironical, teetotal, wry, dry, juicelessAntonyms:
congruous, humourless, humorless, congruent, unhumorousironic, ironicaladjective
characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
"madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"
Antonyms:
congruous, humorless, congruent, humourless, unhumorous
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2507 | dry | |
#18930 | ironic | |
#29779 | sarcastic | |
#43073 | paradoxical | |
#44609 | wry | |
#63623 | moronic | |
#121994 | ironical |
How to use ironic in a sentence?
That's the ironic part. You would think that if Sears Holdings still had a core demographic, Sears Holdings would be Mr. and Middle America. But Sears Holdings's not the plan going forward, sears Holdings may underscore the fact that Sears' plans are less about retail and more about the real estate.
I find it ironic that somebody who has made their living and has made millions and millions of dollars from the very people that you're talking about boycotting just because you didn't get a nomination, just because you didn't win? that's not the way life works, baby.
Yahoo was great as an aggregator for all commodity participants so I think any cross-broking from one messenger platform may mean people use the old friend – the phone, so in some kind of ironic way, you may see stronger relationships formed now people have to interact the old-school way.
The lack of diversity in today’s Oscar nominations is appalling, and while it is good that Selma was nominated for ‘Best Picture,’ it’s ironic that they nominated a story about the racial shutout around voting while there is a racial shutout around the Oscar nominations, with all of the talent in 'Selma' and other Black movies this year, it is hard to believe that we have less diversity in the nominations today than in recent history.
It’s ironic that the Biden administration continues to claim their policies only support ‘affirming care’ while simultaneously defending and promoting permanent, harmful, and irreversible sex-change operations for children, we have remained consistent that in Florida we must protect children and parental rights, and our Medicaid program should not be paying for medical experiments.
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- irònicCatalan, Valencian
- ironickýCzech
- ironiskDanish
- ironischGerman
- ειρωνικόςGreek
- ironiaEsperanto
- irónicoSpanish
- ironinenFinnish
- ironiqueFrench
- ironicoItalian
- 風刺的なJapanese
- 아이러니 한Korean
- ironicusLatin
- ironischDutch
- ironicznyPolish
- irônicoPortuguese
- ironicRomanian
- ирони́ческий, ирони́чныйRussian
- ironiskSwedish
- முரண்Tamil
- іронічноUkrainian
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