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ironic
i·ron·ic I0234300 (ī-rŏn′ĭk) also i·ron·i·cal I0234300 (ī-rŏn′ĭ-kəl) adj. 1. Characterized by or constituting irony. 2. Given to the use of irony. 3. Poignantly contrary to what was expected or intended: madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker. 4. Usage Problem Coincidental or improbable.
i·ron′i·cal·ly adv. i·ron′i·cal·ness n. Usage Note: In its nonliterary uses, irony refers to an incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs, especially if what actually occurs seems designed to thwart or mock human wishes. For example, in the sentence Ironically, even as the government was fulminating against American policy, American jeans and videocassettes were the hottest items in the stalls of the market, the incongruity exemplifies human inconsistency. This sentence was approved by 92 percent of Usage Panelists in our 2016 survey. Sometimes, people misapply ironic, irony, and ironically to events and circumstances that might better be described as simply coincidental or improbable, with no particular lessons about human vanity or presumption. Resistance to such uses remains strong. In 1987, 78 percent of the Usage Panel rejected In 1967, Susan moved from Ithaca to California, where she met her husband-to-be, who, ironically, also came from upstate New York. In 2016, this same sentence was still rejected by 63 percent, though some Panelists noted that it might be acceptable in the right context: if Susan had moved to California to get away from New Yorkers, the irony could lie in the the folly of supposing we can know what fate has in store for us. ironic (aɪˈrɒnɪk) or ironicaladjof, characterized by, or using irony iˈronicalness ni•ron•ic (aɪˈrɒn ɪk) also i•ron′i•cal,
adj. 1. of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by irony or mockery: an ironic smile. 2. using or prone to irony. 3. coincidental; unexpected: It was ironic that I was seated next to my ex-husband at the dinner. [1620–30; < Late Latin īrōnicus < Greek eirōnikós dissembling, insincere. See irony1, -ic] i•ron′i•cal•ly, adv. i•ron′i•cal•ness, n. ironic - Something is ironic if the result is the opposite of what was intended; an ironic event is an incongruous event, one at odds with what might have been expected.See also related terms for odds.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | ironic - 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"wry, dry, ironicalhumorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" | | 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"ironicalincongruous - lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; "a plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior"; "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation" |
ironic ironicaladjective1. sarcastic, dry, sharp, acid, bitter, stinging, mocking, sneering, scoffing, wry, scathing, satirical, tongue-in-cheek, sardonic, caustic, double-edged, acerbic, trenchant, mordant, mordacious At the most solemn moments he would make an ironic remark.2. paradoxical, absurd, contradictory, puzzling, baffling, ambiguous, inconsistent, confounding, enigmatic, illogical, incongruous It's ironic that the sort of people this film celebrates would never watch it.ironicadjectiveMarked by or displaying contemptuous mockery of the motives or virtues of others:cynic, cynical, ironical, sardonic, wry.Translationsirony (ˈaiərəni) – plural ˈironies – noun1. a form of deliberate mockery in which one says the opposite of what is obviously true. 諷刺 反话，讽刺 2. seeming mockery in a situation, words etc. The irony of the situation was that he stole the money which she had already planned to give him. 諷刺意涵 冷嘲热讽，有讽刺意味的情况 ironic(al) (aiˈronik(l)) adjective 諷刺的 冷嘲的iˈronically adverb 諷刺地 冷嘲地EncyclopediaSeeironyLegalSeeIronyironic
Synonyms for ironicadj sarcasticSynonyms- sarcastic
- dry
- sharp
- acid
- bitter
- stinging
- mocking
- sneering
- scoffing
- wry
- scathing
- satirical
- tongue-in-cheek
- sardonic
- caustic
- double-edged
- acerbic
- trenchant
- mordant
- mordacious
adj paradoxicalSynonyms- paradoxical
- absurd
- contradictory
- puzzling
- baffling
- ambiguous
- inconsistent
- confounding
- enigmatic
- illogical
- incongruous
Synonyms for ironicadj marked by or displaying contemptuous mockery of the motives or virtues of othersSynonyms- cynic
- cynical
- ironical
- sardonic
- wry
Synonyms for ironicadj humorously sarcastic or mockingSynonymsRelated Wordsadj characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually isSynonymsRelated Words |