word-vault/dist/data/cards/ir/ironic.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "ironic",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "showing that you really mean the opposite of what you are saying; expressing irony",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an ironic comment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was greeted with ironic cheers from opposition MPs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She sent him a faintly ironic sideways glance."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Language"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "find something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "strange or funny because it is very different from what you expect",
            "sensetop": "it is ironic that…",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's ironic that she became a teacher—she used to hate school.",
                    "contextForm": "it is ironic that…"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "find something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/aɪˈrɒnɪk/",
                "audio": "ir/ironic/ironic__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/aɪˈrɒnɪkl/",
                "audio": "ir/ironic/ironical__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/aɪˈrɑːnɪk/",
                "audio": "ir/ironic/ironic__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/aɪˈrɑːnɪkl/",
                "audio": "ir/ironic/ironical__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from French ironique or late Latin ironicus, from Greek eirōnikos ‘dissembling, feigning ignorance’, from eirōneia ‘simulated ignorance’, from eirōn ‘dissembler’."
}