ironic
/aɪˈɹɒn.ɪk//aɪˈɹɑ.nɪk/
ironic adjective: characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
Adjective
ironic (comparative more ironic, superlative most ironic)
- Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
- It's somewhat ironic to have a wave of smog right on Earth Day.
- Chloe had once seen a real-life goth hanging around by a garbage bin in the high street and become incredibly excited. She really wanted to go over and ask her how to get started in the goth world, but she was too shy. Which was ironic, since shyness is something you need if you want to be a...2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
- Odd or coincidental; strange.
- It's ironic that we are eating a sandwich in Sandwich, Massachusetts.
- Acting in an unserious and teasing manner.
- Don't take it personally. We're just being ironic.
- Done in an insincere and mocking manner; satirical.
- You should assume that everything this guy posts is ironic.
- Here’s a tip: If a group of people start using something as ironic hate speech, it will eventually be used for unironic hate speech. Don’t act surprised.2019 December 31, AJ Willingham, “All the trends we loved and hated in the 2010s”, in CNN
ironic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
ironic in Hindi
- विडंबनापूर्ण
ironic in Tamil
- முரண்நகையான
ironic in Marathi
- विडंबनापूर्ण, विडंबनात्मक
ironic in Bengali
- বিদ্রূপাত্মক, শ্লেষাত্মক, পরিহাসপূর্ণ
More languagesFewer languages
- ironic in Malayalam
- വിപരീതാർത്ഥമായ, നിന്ദാസ്തുതി ചെയ്യുന്ന, വ്യംഗ്യാർത്ഥമായ, നിന്ദാഗർഭമായ
- ironic in Kannada
- ವ್ಯಂಗ್ಯದ, ವಿಡಂಬನೆಯ
- ironic in Gujarati
- વ્યંગાત્મક
- ironic in Odia
- ବିଦ୍ରୂପାତ୍ମକ
- ironic in Nepali
- विडंबनापूर्ण
Examples of ironic in a sentence
- Which was ironic, since shyness is something you need if you want to be a successful goth.2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
- It was ironic I forgot my textbook on human memory.2014, Steven Pinker, The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century!, page 275:
- It’s ironic that a member of a survey crew went missing […]2026 August 23, Aniket Chaughule, “Christopher Thompkins Vanished From a Georgia Survey Site in 2002. His Coworkers Were Only 50 Feet...
Synonyms of ironic
Forms of ironic
| comparative | more ironic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ironic |
| alternative form (obsolete) | ironick |
Origin of ironic
Borrowed from Late Latin īrōnicus, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνικός (eirōnikós). Compare Middle French, ironique, equivalent to irony + -ic.
Words formed from ironic
Phrases with ironic
Words that rhyme with ironic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- ionic
- laconic
- masonic
- mnemonic
- monic
- monophonic
- monotonic
- pythonic
- Teutonic
- catatonic
- colonic
- histrionic
- homophonic
- infrasonic
- moronic
- planktonic
- platonic
- polytonic
- sardonic
- Slavonic
- sonic
- supersonic
- syntonic
- ambisonic
- anionic
- aplatonic
- apophonic
- arachidonic
- autochthonic
- avionic
- bacterioplanktonic
- Bonnick
- bosonic
- breviconic
- bubonic
- Byronic
- carbonic
- chthonic
- clonic
- conic
- cryonic
- Decameronic
- diatonic
- eugonic
- euphonic
- eutonic
- glyconic
- hadronic
Questions about ironic
- What does ironic mean?
- Ironic means characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
- What is ironic in Hindi?
- Ironic in Hindi is विडंबनापूर्ण. See Ironic meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use ironic in a sentence?
- Which was ironic, since shyness is something you need if you want to be a successful goth.
- What part of speech is ironic?
- Ironic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ironic?
- Ironic is pronounced /aɪˈɹɒn.ɪk/ (UK).
Words near ironic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ironic (page history and authors); ironic (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ironic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ironic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ironic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ironic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ironic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ironic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ironic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ironic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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