"Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is quite a long word, isn't it?" "Yes, but do you know what it means?" "Actually, I don't." "It means fear of long words." "How ironic."
Source: tatoeba (423234)
Ironic
/aɪˈɹɒn.ɪk/
Synonyms for "ironic" (116 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (34)
cynicaldappleddryeclecticenigmaticequivocalequivocatoryfifty-fiftyhalf-and-halfheterogeneousimplicationalimplicativeimplicatoryincisiveindicativeindiscriminateinferentialinsinuatinginsinuativeinsinuatory
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Adjective(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (58)
Adjective(20 words)
nonliteralparadoxical outcomepolitical commentary artpostmodernruefulsarcasticsarcastic remarksatiricalseriocomicsnarkysnootytongue-in-cheek remarkstwist of fateunexpected outcomeverbal ironyvoltareanweirdwrierwryerwryest
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
4 entriesfigurative languageliterary motifnarrative devicerhetorical device
More specific
6 entriesCollocations
6 entriesdramatic ironyironic remarkironic toneironic twistsituational ironyverbal irony
Inflections
2 entriesmore ironicmost ironic
Derivations
4 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 31 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- ironies adj (characterized by irony)
Belarusian
1 entries- ірані́чны adj (characterized by irony)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ирони́чен adj (characterized by irony)
- подиграва́телен adj (characterized by irony)
Catalan
1 entries- irònic adj (characterized by irony)
Czech
1 entries- ironický adj (characterized by irony)
Danish
1 entries- ironisk adj (characterized by irony)
Dutch
1 entries- ironisch adj (characterized by irony)
Esperanto
1 entries- ironia adj (characterized by irony)
Finnish
1 entries- ironinen adj (characterized by irony)
French
1 entries- ironique adj (characterized by irony)
German
1 entries- ironisch adj (characterized by irony)
Greek
1 entries- ειρωνικός adj (characterized by irony)
Hebrew
1 entries- אִירוֹנִי adj (characterized by irony)
Irish
1 entries- íorónta adj (characterized by irony)
Italian
2 entries- ironico adj (characterized by irony)
- sarcastico adj (characterized by irony)
Japanese
1 entries- 風刺的な adj (characterized by irony)
Korean
1 entries- 아이러니하다 adj (characterized by irony)
Latin
1 entries- ironicus adj (characterized by irony)
Macedonian
1 entries- ироничен adj (characterized by irony)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ironisk adj (characterized by irony)
Occitan
1 entries- ironic adj (characterized by irony)
Polish
1 entries- ironiczny adj (characterized by irony)
Portuguese
2 entries- irónico adj (characterized by irony)
- irônico adj (characterized by irony)
Romanian
1 entries- ironic adj (characterized by irony)
Russian
2 entries- ирони́ческий adj (characterized by irony)
- ирони́чный adj (characterized by irony)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- iròničan adj (characterized by irony)
- иро̀ничан adj (characterized by irony)
Slovak
1 entries- ironický adj (characterized by irony)
Slovene
1 entries- ironičen adj (characterized by irony)
Spanish
1 entries- irónico adj (characterized by irony)
Swedish
1 entries- ironisk adj (characterized by irony)
Ukrainian
1 entries- іроні́чний adj (characterized by irony)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
In a cruelly ironic twist of fate, someday Tatoeba will make an example of us all.
Source: tatoeba (700671)
Imogen of the Internet, in spite of her American nationality, opened a Mixi account just to show off her ironic purikura album.
Source: tatoeba (798444)
Ironic, isn't it?
Source: tatoeba (1111695)
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