ironic
pronunciation
How to pronounce ironic in British English:
UK [aɪˈrɒnɪk]
How to pronounce ironic in American English:
US [aɪˈrɑnɪk]
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- Adjective:
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
- characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
Word Origin
- ironic (adj.)
- 1620s, from Late Latin ironicus, from Greek eironikos "dissembling, putting on a feigned ignorance," from eironeia (see irony). Related: Ironical (1570s); ironically.
Example
- 1. That really would be ironic .
- 2. It would be an ironic turn of events .
- 3. It was possible that his thanks were ironic .
- 4. It 's ironic because we both want the same things .
- 5. It withholds one of the rules of the game which is inaccessible to the subject , nor because it is deeply mysterious , but because it endless ironic .