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ironizing

ironizing is the present participle and gerund 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 ironizing

What is ironizing the present participle and gerund of?
Ironizing is the present participle and gerund of ironize.

Words near ironizing in the dictionary

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

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