ironical
/aɪˈɹɒnɪkəl/US/aɪˈɹɑnɪkəl/
ironical adjective: characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
Adjective
ironical (comparative more ironical, superlative most ironical)
- Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
- “So, ultimately, I realized I have been completely ruining my life and my face. What is ironical is that I was only doing this to make myself look better for my wife Marwa. This was for her, not for me.”2022 August 9, Ayo Edebiri & Shana Gohd, “Private School” (22:02 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 4, episode 5, spoken by Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak)
- Given to the use of irony; sarcastic.
- His tone was cold and ironical; its bitterness but reflecting the terrible disappointment he had suffered.1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter III, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander]...
- Feigning ignorance; simulating lack of instruction or knowledge; exhibiting Socratic irony.
ironical meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Sanskrit
ironical in Tamil
- முரண்நகையான
ironical in Urdu
- ironical
- استہزائی istehzāī
ironical in Kannada
- ವ್ಯಂಗ್ಯದ, ಕಟಕಿಯ, ವ್ಯಂಗ್ಯ ಸ್ವಭಾವದ, ವ್ಯಂಗ್ಯಪೂರ್ಣವಾದ, ವ್ಯಂಗ್ಯವಾದ
ironical in Sanskrit
- ironical, sarcastic
- सोल्लुण्ठ solluṇṭha
Synonyms of ironical
Forms of ironical
| comparative | more ironical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ironical |
Origin of ironical
From ironic + -al. Attested since the 1570s.
Words formed from ironical
Questions about ironical
- What does ironical mean?
- Ironical means characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
- What is ironical in Tamil?
- Ironical in Tamil is முரண்நகையான. See Ironical meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ironical?
- Ironical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ironical?
- Ironical is pronounced /aɪˈɹɒnɪkəl/ (UK).
Words near ironical in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ironical (page history and authors); ironical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); استہزائی (Urdu) (page history and authors); ironical (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सोल्लुण्ठ (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). 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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