most ironical

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

cynical

Synonyms

WEAK

contemptuous cynic derisive ironic misanthropic misanthropical mocking pessimistic sarcastic sardonic scoffing scornful skeptical sneering suspicious unbelieving wry

Example Sentences

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Thomas Mann is one of the most ironical of novelists, and his irony persists even when he deals in luminous prose with moral and religious problems.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Snobley," he said, with his chilled and most ironical smile, and his quietest, most courteous voice, "you must learn good manners before you venture to parley with gentlemen.

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida

Bill found himself the possessor of that most ironical thing, a moneyless title.

From Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

The Princess proposed to Auber to give his arm to Jenny Lind, and to put her at his right hand, la place d'honneur, adding, with her most ironical smile, "le génie avant la beauté."

From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)

Mrs. Hauksbee departed humming, "I'll go to him and say to him in manner most ironical."

From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard