Ironic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characterized by or constituting irony.
  • adj. Given to the use of irony. See Synonyms at sarcastic.
  • adj. Poignantly contrary to what was expected or intended: madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
  • adj. Given to the use of irony; sarcastic.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Ironical.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as ironical.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
  • adj. humorously sarcastic or mocking
  • Equivalent
    incongruous    humourous    humorous   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ironical   
    Verb Stem
    iron   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ionic    Masonic    Miltonic    Napoleonic    Panasonic    Platonic    allophonic    avionic    bubonic    catatonic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sardonic    ironical    sarcastic    humorous    satirical    comical    derisive    whimsical    unpleasant    sad