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ironizes

ironizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 ironizes

What is ironizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ironizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ironize.

Words near ironizes in the dictionary

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

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