What does IRONIC mean?
Definitions for IRONIC
aɪˈrɒn ɪkiron·ic
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Princeton's WordNet
dry, ironic, ironical, wryadjective
humorously sarcastic or mocking
"dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"
ironic, ironicaladjective
characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
"madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"
Wiktionary
ironicadjective
Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
ironicadjective
Given to the use of irony; sarcastic.
Wikipedia
ironic
Irony (from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía 'dissimulation, feigned ignorance'), in its broadest sense, is the juxtaposition of what on the surface appears to be the case and what is actually the case or to be expected; it is an important rhetorical device and literary technique. Irony can be categorized into different types, including verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony. Verbal, dramatic, and situational irony are often used for emphasis in the assertion of a truth. The ironic form of simile, used in sarcasm, and some forms of litotes can emphasize one's meaning by the deliberate use of language which states the opposite of the truth, denies the contrary of the truth, or drastically and obviously understates a factual connection.
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ironic
Ironic refers to a situation or outcome that is the opposite of, or different from, what would be naturally or normally expected, often creating an unexpected twist or a humorous or poignant observation. It can also relate to the use of words expressing something different from, or opposite to, their literal meaning, typically in a humorous or sarcastic context.
Webster Dictionary
Ironicadjective
ironical
Wikidata
Ironic
"Ironic" is a song recorded by Canadian-American singer Alanis Morissette for her third studio album Jagged Little Pill. It was written by Morissette and Glen Ballard, and was produced by him. Maverick and Warner Bros. Records released it as the album's fourth single on February 27, 1996 in CD, maxi and cassette formats. "Ironic" is a pop rock song written in the key of B major, and includes a moderate tempo of eighty-two beats per minute. Although the lyrics present several situations which are said to be "ironic", it has been noted by some commentators, including comedians and satirists, that these situations were not truly ironic, earning critiques and parodies as well as corrections to make the situations actually "ironic". The track topped the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart for six weeks, and reached the top five in Australia, New Zealand and Norway. In the United States, the song reached number four on April 13, 1996, and currently is her highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100. "Ironic" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The song received two Grammy Award nominations in 1997, one of them Record of the Year. French director Stéphane Sednaoui filmed the music video. In it, Morissette drives through a winter landscape, and she plays multiple roles as her passengers. MTV nominated the music video for six MTV Video Music Awards in 1996, winning three of them. The music video was listed on VH1's "Greatest Music Videos" list and was parodied by Allison Rheaume and "Weird Al" Yankovic.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of IRONIC in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of IRONIC in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of IRONIC in a Sentence
It's ironic. The U.S. economy is starting to boom and crude oil prices are contracting in the opposite direction.
In an ironic vignette, at a healthcare facility dedicated to serving blind veterans—the new Palo Alto Polytrauma and Blind Rehabilitation Center—the agency wasted $670,000 on two sculptures no blind veteran can even see, the ‘Helmick Sculpture’ cost $385,000 (2014) and a parking garage exterior wall faade by King Ray Studio for the ‘design, fabrication, and installation of the public artwork’ cost $285,000 (2014).
It's a little ironic that there's all this worry about 5G, because the difference is that 5G is going to operate at higher frequencies, it will actually not penetrate as deep into the body... it really doesn't get past the skin.
Sigmund Freud often remarked that great revolutions in the history of science have but one common, and ironic, feature: they knock human arrogance off one pedestal after another of our previous conviction about our own self-importance.
It strikes me as ironic, at a time when risks are escalating, when we face kind of lone wolf terrorists here in the United States, that we are talking about unilaterally disarming, in effect, in terms of our intelligence capability.
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- irònicCatalan, Valencian
- ironickýCzech
- ironiskDanish
- ironischGerman
- ειρωνικόςGreek
- ironiaEsperanto
- irónicoSpanish
- ironinenFinnish
- ironiqueFrench
- ironicoItalian
- 風刺的なJapanese
- 아이러니 한Korean
- ironicusLatin
- ironischDutch
- ironicznyPolish
- irônicoPortuguese
- ironicRomanian
- ирони́ческий, ирони́чныйRussian
- ironiskSwedish
- முரண்Tamil
- іронічноUkrainian
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