ironic
/ʌɪˈrɒnɪk/
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American sound/ʌɪˈrɒnɪk/
ʌɪˈrɒnɪk
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- 3 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Short i vowel
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ʌɪ - ˈrɒnɪk -> ironic
Myanmar meaning
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ironic /aÇ'rɒnÇk/ (also ironical /aÇ'rɒnÇkl/) adj
(က) ရွဲ့သော။ an ironic expression/ smile/ remark. Compare SARCASM
(ခ) အထင်နှင့်အမြင် တခြားစီဖြစ်သော။ His death gave an ironic twist to the story (eg because he died before he could enjoy the money he had stolen). ❍ It's ironic that she became a teacher, because she used to hate school when she was a girl.
❏ ironically /-kli/ adv
၁။ ဖြစ်ချင်တော့။ Ironically, she achieved her biggest success with what she felt was her worst book.
၂။ ရွဲ့တဲ့တဲ့။ He smiled ironically.
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tongue in cheek, sarcastic, satirical, sardonic, mocking, ironical, acrid, alert, arrogant, atypical, backbiting, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, chaffing, clever, contemptuous, contradictory, critical, curious, cutting, cynical, defiant, derisive, disparaging, double-edged, dry, exaggerated, implausible, incisive, incongruous, jibing, keen, mordant, odd, paradoxical, peculiar, poignant, pungent, quick-witted, ridiculous, satiric, scathing, scoffing, sharp, sneering, spicy, strange, tongue-in-cheek, trenchant, twisted, uncomplimentary, unexpected, weird, witty, wry
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