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Synonyms and Antonyms of ironic
- a book written in an ironic style
- an ironic sense of humor
brisk, cross, sharp-tongued, sour, sourish, spiky (also spikey), tartish
incisive, keen, poignant, trenchant
acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid, barbed, biting, caustic, corrosive, cutting, mordant, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric (or satirical), scalding, scathing, sharp, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-mouthed, snarky, tart
facetious, flippant, tongue-in-cheek
acrimonious, bitter, resentful, vitriolic
Synonym Discussion of ironic
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- a critic known for his sarcastic remarks
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- a satiric look at contemporary society
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- made the ironic observation that the government could always be trusted
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- surveyed the scene with a sardonic smile
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