Collocations with "ironic"

describes a situation where the outcome is tragically opposite to what was expected.

a development that is strange or amusing because it is the opposite of what is expected

Humour that involves using words to mean the opposite of what they seem to mean.

describing a situation that is amusingly and satisfyingly ironic

amusement from a situation that is strange or funny because it is the opposite of what you expect

describes a situation that is sadly and unexpectedly contradictory

Used to emphasize that a situation is very ironic, or ironic in two ways.

used to describe a situation that is sadly or cruelly the opposite of what is expected