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1. ironic
adjective. ['aɪˈrɑːnɪk'] humorously sarcastic or mocking.
Etymology
- -ic (English)
- -ique (French)
- irony (English)
- -y (English)
Rhymes with Ironic
- microelectronic
- isoelectronic
- telectronic
- philharmonic
- neoplatonic
- flextronic
- varitronic
- ultrasonic
- plantronic
- planktonic
- napoleonic
- hydroponic
- histrionic
- ganglionic
- electronic
- audiotronic
- tranzonic
- telephonic
- synchronic
- supersonic
- propionic
- polyphonic
- panasonic
- nucleonic
- monophonic
- medtronic
- lasersonic
- hypertonic
- hypersonic
- hyaluronic
Sentences with ironic
1. Adjective
Lonely Planet is an ironic name for a company that brings so many people together.
Quotes about ironic
1. I used to love Kurt Cobain, when he was telling people we're a pop band. People would laugh, they thought of it as good old ironic Kurt. But he wasn't being ironic.
- Bono
2. Certainly, anyone whom I've witnessed, who has gone through something horrible and life-changing, has a sense of ironic humor, or an ability to look at the peculiarities of the world and find humor in it.
- Christopher Heyerdahl
3. It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when they have lost their way.
- Rollo May
2. ironic
adjective. ['aɪˈrɑːnɪk'] characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is.
Synonyms
Etymology
- -ic (English)
- -ique (French)
- irony (English)
- -y (English)