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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

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

From Under the Deodars by Kipling, Rudyard

Dr. Seignebos returned a most ironical bow, and then asked,— "Is there really only one door in the chateau at Valpinson?"

From Within an Inch of His Life by Gaboriau, Émile

A most ironical invitation, we read in the corridor leading to the tower: "Entrés, Messieurs, ches le Roy Nostre Mestre."

From In Château Land by Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth

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