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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

These words, which were running in the traveller's mind, grew more and more derisive, more and more ironical, as he walked about Narbonne.

From Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 by Rose, Elise Whitlock

Her eyes went back to Max, whose expression became more ironical than ever under her scrutiny.

From The Keeper of the Door by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

But more ironical still was the apparent attachment between Evan's old girl and Perry.

From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.