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So it was ironic a couple of months later when the Tea Partiers were railing against it—it had already expired.

Ironic, since it was originally meant to suppress sugar lust.

How ironic that the Hermit Kingdom is taking the blame for our first real look inside a clique that not even Vice dares penetrate.

How ironic and unfortunate that the critics tend to focus on one “bad” class or the other.

To them, they were being ironic and funny, and proving how ‘liberal’ they were.

So this was the curious and ironic fact; the nation had been saved—but only to be handed over to the money-changers!

As the Tassos reached for him, a last ironic thought drifted through Hendricks mind.

Gray, silent in the shadows, laughed a bitter, ironic laugh.

There was a suggestion of the ludicrous, a faint ironic aroma, in the phrase, which aroused angry passions.

My friend S— the elder passed me on the other side of the street with a wave of the hand and an ironic smile.

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On this page you'll find 61 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ironic, such as: arrogant, caustic, incongruous, mocking, paradoxical, and ridiculous.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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