ironic
adjective
[ ʌɪˈrɒnɪk ]
• using or characterized by irony.
• "his mouth curved into an ironic smile"
Similar:
sarcastic,
sardonic,
dry,
caustic,
sharp,
stinging,
scathing,
acerbic,
acid,
bitter,
trenchant,
mordant,
cynical,
mocking,
satirical,
scoffing,
ridiculing,
derisory,
derisive,
scornful,
sneering,
wry,
double-edged,
backhanded,
tongue-in-cheek,
sarky,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from French ironique or late Latin ironicus, from Greek eirōnikos ‘dissembling, feigning ignorance’, from eirōneia (see irony1).
