IRONIC


Meaning of IRONIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ aɪrɒnɪk ]

or ironical /aɪrɒnɪk(ə)l/

1.

When you make an ironic remark, you say something that you do not mean, as a joke.

People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school, but they were being ironic.

ADJ

2.

If you say that it is ironic that something should happen, you mean that it is odd or amusing because it involves a contrast.

Does he not find it ironic that the sort of people his movie celebrates hardly ever watch this kind of movie?

ADJ : oft it v-link ADJ that

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