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ironized

ironized is the simple past and past participle of ironize.

Meaning of ironize

Verb

ironize (third-person singular simple present ironizes, present participle ironizing, simple past and past participle ironized)

  1. (intransitive) To use irony.
  2. (transitive) To treat something in an ironic fashion.
    • His novels mocked and maligned the French middle class, ironizing it into oblivion.2007 December 30, Lee Siegel, “The Blush of the New”, in New York Times

Questions about ironized

What is ironized the simple past and past participle of?
Ironized is the simple past and past participle of ironize.

Words near ironized in the dictionary

  1. ironising
  2. ironism
  3. ironist
  4. ironists
  5. ironize
  6. ironized
  7. ironizes
  8. ironizing
  9. ironless
  10. ironlike
  11. ironmaker

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