ironic

ironic
i|ron|ic [aıˈrɔnık US aıˈra:-] adj also i|ron|i|cal [-ıkəl]
1.) an ironic situation is one that is unusual or amusing because something strange happens or the opposite of what is expected happens or is true
▪ Your car was stolen at the police station! How ironic!
▪ It's ironic that her husband smoked for thirty years, and yet she's the one who died of lung cancer.
▪ In an ironic twist , the most trustworthy character in the film turned out to be the thief.
2.) using words that are the opposite of what you really mean, often in a joking way
▪ ironic comments
▪ When I told Lucy I loved her book, she thought I was being ironic.
→↑sarcastic

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