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more ironic

ADJECTIVE

sarcastic

Synonyms

WEAK

acrid alert arrogant backbiting biting bitter burlesque caustic chaffing clever contemptuous contradictory critical cutting cynical defiant derisive disparaging double-edged exaggerated implausible incisive incongruous jibing keen mocking mordant paradoxical pungent quick-witted ridiculous sardonic satiric satirical scathing scoffing sharp sneering spicy trenchant twisted uncomplimentary witty wry

Antonyms

WEAK

considerate deferential

ADJECTIVE

sarcastic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrogant caustic incongruous mocking paradoxical ridiculous sardonic satiric satirical twisted unexpected wry

WEAK

acrid alert backbiting biting bitter burlesque chaffing clever contemptuous contradictory critical cutting cynical defiant derisive disparaging double-edged exaggerated implausible incisive ironical jibing keen mordant pungent quick-witted scathing scoffing sharp sneering spicy trenchant uncomplimentary witty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

straight

WEAK

sincere

Example Sentences

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And that makes Gorsuch’s media strategy even more ironic.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

Is there any technology more ironic than sleep tracking?

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022

What’s even more ironic, in a tragic way, is that the Atlantic’s cover theme, “Absolute Power,” should be about Russian President Vladimir Putin, rather than Mohammed bin Salman.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

It is all the more ironic, then, that this reviewer’s experience of “Find Me” was one of such profound disattunement.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019

Maybe that made this all the more ironic; it certainly seemed more unfair.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin