ironic

Adjective Satellite

• humorously sarcastic or mocking
  • "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"
  • "an ironic novel"
  • "an ironical smile"
• 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"

Adj

• Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
• Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
• Odd or coincidental; strange.
• Acting in an unserious and teasing manner.
• Done in an insincere and mocking manner; satirical.

Adjective

• Using or characterized by irony; unexpected in a wry way.

Examples

• Don't take it personally. We're just being ironic.
• It was IRONIC that his longest word, ’QUIZ,’ only scored him ten points.
• It's ironic that we are eating a sandwich in Sandwich, Massachusetts.
• It's somewhat ironic to have a wave of smog right on Earth Day.
• You should assume that everything this guy posts is ironic.

Synonyms

dry, ironical, wry

Related Words

Socratic irony, dramatic irony

Anagrams of ironic