Ironic

Ironic
Ironic I*ron"ic, a. Ironical. --Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster]

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  • ironic — IRÓNIC, Ă, ironici, ce, adj. Căruia îi place să facă ironii, să ia în râs; zeflemist, batjocoritor; care conţine, care exprimă o ironie; înţepător. – Din fr. ironique, lat. ironicus. Trimis de gall, 04.01.2008. Sursa: DEX 98  IRÓNIC adj.… …   Dicționar Român

  • ironic — UK [aɪˈrɒnɪk] / US [aɪˈrɑnɪk] or ironical UK [aɪˈrɒnɪk(ə)l] / US [aɪˈrɑnɪk(ə)l] adjective 1) linguistics expressing the opposite of what you really think, especially in order to be humorous an ironic comment an ironic little smile 2) an ironic… …   English dictionary

  • ironic — ironic, ironical, ironically For the adjective, choice between ironic and ironical seems to be determined largely by sentence rhythm. Both words properly mean ‘of the nature of irony’, i.e. implying the opposite of what is literally or normally… …   Modern English usage

  • ironic — adjective cynical, ironical, paradoxical, quizzical, sarcastic, sarcastical, sardonic, satiric, satirical Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • ironic — англ. [айро/ник] ironico ит. [иро/нико] ironique фр. [ирони/к] ironisch нем. [иро/ниш] иронически, насмешливо …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • ironic — 1620s, from L.L. ironicus, from Gk. eironikos dissembling, putting on a feigned ignorance, from eironeia (see IRONY (Cf. irony)). Related: Ironical (1570s); ironically …   Etymology dictionary

  • ironic — satiric, *sarcastic, sardonic Analogous words: biting, cutting, incisive, trenchant: *caustic, mordant, scathing …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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