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?
So what’s happening, and this is ironic, is that a movement with the goal of saving black lives at this point is getting black lives taken, because 80 percent of our murder victims here in Chicago are male blacks.
It's a bit ironic to lose by 0.01 when you are leading all the way but if this should happen, let it happen here and not in Rio.
Isn't that ironic that he likes to protest abortion clinics and he uses that law to fight me.
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 is ironic. I didn't know about that. That's probably where she came up with the idea of videos, you know she knew her husband was on it and I think Obama is also.
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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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