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most 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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What was perhaps most ironic about this critique was that there’s such a clear throughline between “Topdog/Underdog” and its predecessors.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2025

It was the final, most ironic moment of sharp contrast between Griner’s homeland and the country of her imprisonment.

From Slate • May 4, 2024

It’s also the most ironic development in cryptocurrency’s ironic history; born from a weird group of the libertarians, anarchists, and utopians, cryptocurrency promised to be a way to transact absolutely privately, in a trustless system.

From The Verge • Dec. 22, 2020

Seaver’s association with the Mets as a player ended in a most ironic fashion — as a losing opponent.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2020

But the period we have just reached, soon after the Heracles, is marked by one of the most ironic and enigmatical plays he ever wrote.

From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert