"ironic" meaning in English

See ironic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /aɪˈɹɒn.ɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /aɪˈɹɑ.nɪk/ [General-American], /aɪˈɹɒn.ɪk/ [Canada], /aɪˈɹɑ.nɪk/ [Canada], /ɑɪˈɹɔn.ɪk/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Ironic.wav , en-us-ironic.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Jjamesryan-ironic.wav Forms: more ironic [comparative], most ironic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒnɪk Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin īrōnicus, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνικός (eirōnikós). Compare Middle French, ironique, equivalent to irony + -ic. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|LL.|īrōnicus}} Borrowed from Late Latin īrōnicus, {{der|en|grc|εἰρωνικός}} Ancient Greek εἰρωνικός (eirōnikós), {{cog|frm|-}} Middle French, {{suf|en|irony|ic}} irony + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} ironic (comparative more ironic, superlative most ironic)
  1. (Of a situation) Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
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  2. (Of a situation) Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
    (proscribed) Odd or coincidental; strange.
    Tags: proscribed
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  3. (preceded with "being") Acting in an unserious and teasing manner.
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  4. (Of a statement, action, etc.) Done in an insincere and mocking manner; satirical. Tags: usually
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ironical, ironick [obsolete, rare] Derived forms: ironical, ironic error, ironic process theory, postironic, unironic Related terms: dramatic irony, Socratic irony Translations (characterized by irony): ironies (Afrikaans), ірані́чны (iraníčny) (Belarusian), ирони́чен (ironíčen) (Bulgarian), подиграва́телен (podigravátelen) (Bulgarian), irònic (Catalan), ironický (Czech), ironisk (Danish), ironisch (Dutch), ironia (Esperanto), ironinen (Finnish), ironique (French), ironisch (German), ειρωνικός (eironikós) (Greek), אִירוֹנִי (iróni) (Hebrew), ironico (Italian), sarcastico (Italian), 風刺的な (fūshiteki na) (alt: ふうしてきな) (Japanese), 아이러니하다 (aireonihada) (Korean), ironicus (Latin), ироничен (ironičen) (Macedonian), ironisk (Norwegian Bokmål), ironic (Occitan), ironiczny (Polish), irónico [Portugal] (Portuguese), irônico [Brazil] (Portuguese), ironic (Romanian), ирони́ческий (ironíčeskij) (Russian), ирони́чный (ironíčnyj) (Russian), иро̀ничан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), iròničan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ironický (Slovak), ironičen (Slovene), irónico (Spanish), ironisk (Swedish), іроні́чний (ironíčnyj) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'characterized by irony': 40 40 6 15

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "ironies"
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      "sense": "characterized by irony",
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      "word": "ирони́чен"
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      "sense": "characterized by irony",
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      "sense": "characterized by irony",
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      "sense": "characterized by irony",
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      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "ironisch"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "ironia"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "ironinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "ironique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "ironisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eironikós",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "ειρωνικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "iróni",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "אִירוֹנִי"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "ironico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "sarcastico"
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      "alt": "ふうしてきな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fūshiteki na",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "風刺的な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "aireonihada",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "아이러니하다"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "ironicus"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ironičen",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "ироничен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "ironisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "ironic"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "ironiczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "irónico"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "irônico"
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      "sense": "characterized by irony",
      "word": "ironic"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "characterized by irony",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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}

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