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ironic
adjective
Reveal meaning and examples
Expressing a meaning different from the literal words, or involving a striking contrast with expectation.
Her complaint about wordiness was ironic because it filled six pages.
The next draft used hyperbole when Nia wrote that the final drumbeat could have shaken every window in the city. Her line about the hour-long queue carried sarcasm: she called the unexplained wait a glorious achievement in hospitality. That praise was ironic because the intended judgment differed sharply from the approving words.