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View all earth science worksheets. Log in Sign Up. Save Word. Essential Meaning of ironic. It is ironic that the robber's car crashed into a police station. Full Definition of ironic. Choose the Right Synonym for ironic sarcastic , satiric , ironic , sardonic mean marked by bitterness and a power or will to cut or sting. What's irony? Examples of ironic in a Sentence She has an ironic sense of humor. It's ironic that computers break down so often, since they're meant to save people time.
First Known Use of ironic , in the meaning defined at sense 1. Learn More About ironic. There was a suggestion of the ludicrous, a faint ironic aroma, in the phrase, which aroused angry passions. My friend S— the elder passed me on the other side of the street with a wave of the hand and an ironic smile. New Word List Word List. Save This Word! See synonyms for ironic on Thesaurus.
We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms. See irony 1 , -ic. I have never met a person who deploys sarcasm regularly who was not scornfully abused with it as a child.
Irony or perhaps wryness , is the joyful antithesis of sarcasm, because its use depends upon and reinforces the targeted individual's intelligence and wit.
I openly question Glenwright and Pexman's research, on the basis that the vast bulk of adults I know have no clue what irony is. Well, that and that Glenwright and Pexman have invented a completely false dichotomy between irony and sarcasm. Sarcasm is mere bitter speech; I am here being sarcastic, despite not having said an ironic word.
It has nothing to do whatsoever with word meaning juxtaposition, which is solely the domain of irony. The two are unrelated and frequently complementary. To try to draw a dividing line between them on specious grounds is something I wouldn't expect the BPS to fellate with attention.
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