The meaning of Ironic

adjective

(especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.

Usage examples:

His acerbic wit

noun

A substance with particular chemical properties including turning litmus red, neutralizing alkalis, and dissolving some metals; typically, a corrosive or sour-tasting liquid of this kind.

Usage examples:

Trees were exposed to mixtures of heavy metals, acids, and overdoses of nutrients

adjective

Containing acid or having the properties of an acid; having a ph of less than 7.

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Acid soils

noun

Any of various chemical substances that can produce salts, some of which are able to damage whatever they touch

Usage examples:

The salad dressing has an acid taste.

adjective

Having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet.

Usage examples:

Raw berries have an intensely bitter flavour

noun

Beer that is strongly flavoured with hops and has a bitter taste, brewed by top fermentation.

Usage examples:

A pint of bitter

adjective

Having a slightly stinging, strong taste, not salty or sweet

Usage examples:

The coffee was bitter., losing the election was a bitter disappointment., she has no bitterness abo…

adjective

Able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action.

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A caustic cleaner

noun

A caustic substance.

Usage examples:

Spent grain, yeast, ethanol, and acids and caustics used for cleaning are all sent out to be used f…

adjective

Strongly critical

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A caustic remark

adjective

Believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

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He was brutally cynical and hardened to every sob story under the sun

Believing the worst of human nature and motives

adjective

Not trusting or respecting the goodness of other people and their actions, but believing that people are interested only in themselves

Usage examples:

Listening to politicians for too long can make you cynical., she’s become cynical about men., he’s …

adjective

Expressing contempt or ridicule.

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He gave a harsh, derisive laugh

adjective

Showing derision

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Derisive laughter, a derisive comment/remark

adjective

Ridiculously small or inadequate.

Usage examples:

They were given a derisory pay rise

adjective

A derisory amount of money is so small it is silly

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We were awarded a derisory sum.

adjective

Having two possible and different meanings or effects

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Climate changes are potentially double-edged in their consequences., wealth and fame can be a doubl…

adjective

Free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist.

Usage examples:

The jacket kept me warm and dry

noun

(of information, writing, etc.) dully factual.

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The dry facts of the matter

verb

Free from liquid or moisture

adjective

Making fun of someone or something in a cruel way; derisive.

Usage examples:

He got jeers and mocking laughter as he addressed the marchers

verb

Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.

Usage examples:

Opposition mps mocked the government's decision

adjective

Mocking behaviour involves laughing at someone or something in an unkind way

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A mocking voice, mocking humour/laughter

adjective

(especially of humour) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting.

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A mordant sense of humour

noun

A substance, typically an inorganic oxide, that combines with a dye or stain and thereby fixes it in a material.

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In order to get the color to stick well on the fiber, the wool was usually pretreated with a metal …

verb

Impregnate or treat (a fabric) with a mordant.

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Mordanting a fibre is simple

verb

Subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.

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His theory was ridiculed and dismissed

noun

The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.

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He is held up as an object of ridicule

adjective

Marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt.

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Making sarcastic comments

adjective

Using remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what you say, in order to hurt someone's feelings or to humorously criticize something

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A sarcastic comment/remark, are you being sarcastic?

adjective

Grimly mocking or cynical.

Usage examples:

Starkey attempted a sardonic smile

adjective

Containing or using satire.

Usage examples:

A new york-based satirical magazine

adjective

Witheringly scornful; severely critical.

Usage examples:

She launched a scathing attack on the prime minister

verb

Harm; injure.

Usage examples:

He was barely scathed

adjective

Severely critical and unkind

Usage examples:

He delivered a scathing attack on the president.

adjective

Contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something.

Usage examples:

A scoffing cabin crew tells her there's no shower on the plane

noun

Contemptuous ridicule or mockery.

Usage examples:

He had to overcome the scoffing of theoretical physicists

verb

Speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.

Usage examples:

Patrick professed to scoff at soppy love scenes in films

adjective

Feeling or expressing contempt or derision.

Usage examples:

The opposition were scornful of the prime minister's proposal

adjective

(of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something.

Usage examples:

Cut the cake with a very sharp knife

adverb

Precisely (used after an expression of time).

Usage examples:

The meeting starts at 7.30 sharp

noun

A musical note raised a semitone above natural pitch.

Usage examples:

Choices in successive levels expand to all notes, then sharps and flats.

adjective

Contemptuous or mocking.

Usage examples:

He made a sneering comment about their closeness

noun

The action of smiling or speaking in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

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It will take a concerted effort from many to lay off the sneering—and try understanding

verb

Smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

Usage examples:

She had sneered at their bad taste

adjective

Having a sting; capable of wounding or piercing with a sting.

Usage examples:

A swarm of stinging insects

verb

Wound or pierce with a sting.

Usage examples:

He was stung by a jellyfish

adjective

Vigorous or incisive in expression or style.

Usage examples:

The white paper makes trenchant criticisms of health authorities

adjective

(of something said or written) forcefully and effectively expressed, and often in few words

Usage examples:

I enjoy reading murray’s trenchant comments on the relationship between sports and society.

adjective

Using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour.

Usage examples:

A wry smile