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more 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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This pessimism was also hinted at in Monday night’s gala presentation: “Harmony and understanding / Sympathy and trust abounding” never rang more ironical.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 7, 2017

Britons had never hated the enemy as they did now, or lived in a more ironical compound of hope & fear.

From Time Magazine Archive

The more he is in earnest, the more ironical he becomes; and he is never more in earnest or more ironical than in the Gorgias.

From Gorgias by Jowett, Benjamin

The enthusiasm that had greeted Mr. Bundercombe's efforts was giving place now to murmurs and more ironical cheers.

From An Amiable Charlatan by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

"Ah! yes, you are very anxious to make me swallow that milk," she added, with a still more ironical laugh; "I am such a burden that you may have dropped something in it!"

From A Cardinal Sin by Sue, Eugène