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ειρωνικός
ironic /i.ro.niˈkos/
adjectiveC1#3989 most common
Also: sarcastic, mocking
Example sentences
Το χαμόγελό του ήταν ειρωνικό.
His smile was ironic.
Μου μίλησε με ειρωνικό ύφος.
He spoke to me in an ironic tone.
Είναι πολύ ειρωνικός όταν θυμώνει.
He is very sarcastic when he gets angry.
Το ειρωνικό της σχόλιο πλήγωσε τον συνάδελφό της.
Her ironic comment hurt her colleague.
Είναι ειρωνικό που ακριβώς αυτός μας κατηγορεί για αργοπορία.
It is ironic that he, of all people, accuses us of being late.
Ο συγγραφέας χρησιμοποιεί έναν λεπτά ειρωνικό τόνο για να σχολιάσει την υποκρισία της εποχής του.
The author uses a subtly ironic tone to comment on the hypocrisy of his era.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ειρωνικός | ειρωνικοί |
| Genitive | ειρωνικού | ειρωνικών |
| Accusative | ειρωνικό | ειρωνικούς |
| Vocative | ειρωνικέ | ειρωνικοί |
Word family
ειρωνείαirony
ειρωνικάironically
ειρωνεύομαιto speak or act ironically, to mock
αυτοειρωνείαself-irony, self-deprecation
Etymology
Ειρωνικός is built from the ancient noun ειρωνεία, meaning feigned ignorance or irony, plus the common Greek adjective suffix -ικός. Ειρωνεία itself comes from είρων, a person who understates or dissembles, best known from the Socratic pose of pretending not to know. The deeper origin of είρων is not settled among scholars, so no further root is given here. The word passed from Greek into Latin and then into English as ironic, which is why the English and Greek adjectives look so similar today.
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