IRONIC


Meaning of IRONIC in English

or ~al

1.

When you make an ~ 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 ~.

ADJ

2.

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

Does he not find it ~ 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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