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ironic

/aɪˈɹɑ.nɪk/adjective3 syllables

Ironic means: humorously sarcastic or mocking.

Synonyms for ironic6

adjective, as in humorously sarcastic or mocking

dry, ironical, wry, humorous, humourous

adjective, as in characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is

ironical, incongruous

What does ironic mean?2

adjective

1

humorously sarcastic or mocking“dry humor”

2

characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is“madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with ironic?15

two syllables

chronicsonictonic

three syllables

iconicdemonicharmonicionicplatonicmasonictectonic

four syllables

electronicembryonicphilharmonicsupersonicultrasonic
Show 40 near rhymes
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Ironic in a sentence

  • Does he mean that seriously, or is he being ironic?sundown
  • I'm not sure if this is ironic or not.Hybrid
  • I don't like her ironic smile at all.rul
  • That would be ironic, wouldn't it?CK
  • Do you even know what ironic means?Hybrid
  • Doesn't that seem ironic to you?CK
  • It was pretty ironic how the woman was shouting her head off at her bawling baby.BobbyLee
  • What's the most ironic thing you've encountered?espamatics

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