ironic
adjective
1 ironic
Humorously sarcastic or mocking:
— An ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely.
— An ironic novel.
— An ironical smile.
Roget 856: derisory, derisive; mock, mocking; sarcastic, ironic, ironical, quizzical, burlesque, Hudibrastic†; scurrilous etc. (disrespectful) ... show more
Polish: ironiczny
2 ironic
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.
synonym: ironical.
Moby thesaurus: Rabelaisian, allusive, allusory, amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, amphibological, amphibolous, antinomic, biting, blended, caustic, combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, conglomerate, cutting ... show more.
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