Ironic vs Ironize - What's the difference?
ironic | ironize |
Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
* 2014 , Steven Pinker The Sense of Style
Given to the use of irony; sarcastic.
To use irony
To treat something in an ironic fashion
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 30, author=Lee Siegel, title=The Blush of the New, work=New York Times
, passage=His novels mocked and maligned the French middle class, ironizing it into oblivion. }}
As an adjective ironic
is ironic.As a verb ironize is
to use irony.ironic
English
Alternative forms
* ironick (qualifier)Adjective
(en adjective)- It was ironic I forgot my textbook on human memory.
Synonyms
* ironicalUsage notes
Some writers complain about an overuse of the word ironic to extend to situations which are remarkable for reasons other than irony - perhaps just coincidental or merely odd.Derived terms
* ironically * dramatic irony * postironic * Socratic ironySee also
* (projectlink) ----ironize
English
Verb
(ironiz)citation