Definition of ironic
Adjectives
humorously sarcastic or mocking
"an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"
"an ironic novel"
"an ironical smile"
characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
"madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"
"it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"
- Synonyms:
- ironical
-
incongruous
lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
Vocabulary Lists for ironic
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun »(384 words)
- sand dollar
- petty bourgeoisie
- petit bourgeois
- peckerwood
- Yoruba
Lois Lowry's "The Giver" Chapter 1 »(99 words)
Vocabulary study list for Lois Lowry's "The Giver"...
- childcare
- nightclothes
- family unit
- overfly
- street cleaner
J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" Chapters 1-14 »(70 words)
Vocabulary study list for J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in...
- ostracize
- reversible
- recuperate
- nonchalant
- rile
- Hale
- German ivy
- matt
- sleigh
- flats
- abate
- acrostic
- adamant
- adamantly
- alleviate