Describing Wordsfor Irony

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Here are some adjectives for irony: further and exquisite, ultimate meaningless, profound and very genuine, grim, pervasive, unconscious and sublime, wry and sad, calm and almost incredible, tense, hopeful, tacit and even unconscious, unmistakable and discourteous, haughty and emphatic, sedate practical, strange, slight, least cosmic, full and poignant, sombre and venomous, bitter, weird, deep but unintended, double inescapable, deadpan teutonic, ultimate, crowning, caustic and bitter, rough, bloodless, surely subtle, horrible and hysterical, happy and judicious, bitter and blasphemous, more atheist, incredible, maddening, perfect stupid. You can get the definitions of these irony adjectives by clicking on them. You might also like some words related to irony (and find more here).

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Words to Describe irony

Below is a list of describing words for irony. You can sort the descriptive words by uniqueness or commonness using the button above. Sorry if there's a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn't perfect, but it does a pretty good job for most common nouns. Here's the list of words that can be used to describe irony:

further and exquisite ultimate meaningless profound and very genuine grim, pervasive unconscious and sublime wry and sad calm and almost incredible tense, hopeful tacit and even unconscious unmistakable and discourteous haughty and emphatic sedate practical strange, slight least cosmic full and poignant sombre and venomous bitter, weird deep but unintended double inescapable deadpan teutonic ultimate, crowning caustic and bitter
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rough, bloodless surely subtle horrible and hysterical happy and judicious bitter and blasphemous more atheist incredible, maddening perfect stupid implacable and sovereign grimly delightful exquisitely servile faint benevolent mild, reminiscent terrible, unconscious terrible unconscious delicate, good-natured faint but somewhat resentful naive, peculiar exquisite imperturbable habitual luxurious grisly dramatic grim dramatic enough polite final grave brutal and ultimately self-defeating perversely splendid particular mild enough wry customary benevolent first-rate compassionate courageous and witty poignant and sarcastic quiet playful mischievous and genial icy and often cruel high, benevolent painful, husky condensed french keenest and bitterest painful and almost hideous gentle but piquant characteristic genial blended bitter fierce, exquisite much-discussed romantic peculiarly comic grave and caustic pernicious and morbid topsy-turvical same topsy-turvical wrong and short-lived grim and appropriate grave and not discourteous meek and venomous bitter and keen apt and good-natured secret, small savage, disdainful blank, childish pitiless and continual pedantic and unconscious vulgar, hard bitter and fateful fine and poignant consistent and unswerving high but easy austere and accurate perfectly galling delicate and ever-present bitter and despairing mild but final weird, irresponsible grave and tolerant exquisite grave bitter and pitiless mortal and inhuman flighty and savage cunning and icy bitter and gratuitous great disconcerting grim unconscious gay and haughty especially unkind keenest and most effective unavailing, angry slight, paternal delightful naked heavy hateful frank and rather bitter morally salutary strange, ludicrous little pedantic lightest and most covert habitual and savage habitual bitter artless and delicate calm and glacial weary, ponderous faint ecclesiastical cold continual cruel, double-edged cruel and frigid faintly perturbed subtle, savage sheer tragic somewhat acrid truly cosmic comfortable male bitter and unconscious savage millennial bitter, poignant perfectly remorseless extraordinarily subtle and delicate ponderous elephantine neat, facile pithy and illuminating ultimately self-defeating private, rueful bleak beautiful sudden, corrosive actually ultimate oddly despairing probably unintentional sudden sober pungent coast-to-coast weighted, clumsy fitting, appropriate evident, malicious devilish, barbed rueful, saddened presumably unintentional cruel and pathetic strange or even amusing bleak loathsome superior good-natured prime political pleasant subtle profound and pungent damned, cynical own clean-cut simple but direct bitter desperate prophetic tragic unconscious tragic daring and graceful large, humane precocious, bitter faint but delicate superb and bitter magnificent but unconscious indulgent and unconscious indescribable cold bitter and ungrateful hopeless and weary indignant and bitter terrible, stinging consummate and powerful fine, indulgent bitter, pitiless sweetest and most harmless low but startling deep, unsmiling calm and even cold grim and dauntless coldest, bitterest profound tragic old oft-quoted delicious unconscious essential aristocratic quiet, soft grave and temperate same frivolous certain triumphant sad and subtle curiously deliberate malignant and terrible characteristic dry certain satisfying charmingly unconscious eternal and inscrutable miserable, bitter sheer rotten peculiar fierce just appreciable odd and pathetic bitter and eloquent precious psychological bitter stinging rather caustic bitter and tragic tragic and humorous fine and bitter bitter and eternal bold and keen young angry open and conscious long unending certain wry cold, stoical playful, loving deep unconscious great, bitter additional dramatic just cosmic rich and romantic further unwitting refined, courteous bitter, malicious grimly satisfying normal, sardonic further nice apparent conscious usual epigrammatic clever, flippant grim and painful gentle and humorous calm, cruel old maddening earlier mischievous sad bitter vehement and angry keen and cautious quiet and confident faint, irrepressible final and ultimate certain consequent subtle and delicious serious and legitimate fine and happy excellent tragic sober and decorous now celestial curious baffling own profane sharp, caustic lofty and profound grand and fitting last, cruel final, bitter foul, bitter hard rasping stinging, bitter hideous, awful warm, transparent indescribably bitter cold, crafty lightly feathered somewhat resentful grimly comic usual caustic much benevolent curiously grim ridiculous and cruel strange, mournful same appealing new outrageous intense and bitter comic or tragic certain piquant sheer delicious subtle dramatic suitably heavy hard, solemn mere graceful quaint musical quite sincere quiet, rustic strange and bitter same malignant large lazy grim and bitter possible, probable brief military tragicomical bitter, despairing usual good-natured certain poignant truly humorous rather insulting own bland thin, shrill calm and fearless such cosmic keen, delicate less malicious certain dry still keener own sour small commonplace always delicious rather devastating delicate and delightful delicate and sympathetic sad and cruel keen and delicate bitter deep tragic almost hideous mild and humane own unintentional old indolent shrewd and caustic subtle italian wholly unconscious somewhat hysterical grim, bitter grave and deliberate sad, despairing usual lazy certain neat perhaps unconscious high nasal sad, bitter fine comic certain pathetic extraordinarily subtle deep and horrible faint, cool more clumsy usual dry faintly bitter little conjugal subtle and exquisite coarse and cruel terrible and mysterious rather bitter certain rueful certain poetic heavy teutonic bright high bitterest western-style cruel and malicious certain bitter much cool detectable sour, bitter careless, indifferent little raw scathing pyrrhic particularly cruel much delicate same historic certain harsh unintended old sad last strong cruelest dry, harsh cold, bitter certain scornful almost cynical same inscrutable subtle feminine same vague particularly delightful little unconscious plain, common more defensive customary cheerful more scathing little gentle whole poetic sudden, bitter quiet, gentle certain cool rather haughty grave and serious blood-and-guts often cruel refined and subtle caustic unintentional almost savage greatest and finest grand and simple such refined hardly perceptible perfectly impossible tragic rather sweet almost open multilevel mock heroic wry best dramatic more bitter almost bitter cruel and bitter certain comic such savage keenest certain gentle unconscious rather tragic contemptuous same structural same cruel deep and bitter grim sardonic sudden, swift somewhat contemptuous little bitter fine-drawn thy bitter certain grim such grim whole wild grimmest deadpan own hard poignant directionless trenchant certain exquisite more indulgent same unpleasant strange and solemn antic more perceptible self-deprecating much bitter great tragic usual calm dreadful, dreadful vitriolic cruel discourteous strange and dreadful playful same delicate almost tragic such tragic almost insolent wild, reckless certain subtle scornful almost cruel sarcastic usual bland fine dramatic grim and terrible double-edged cosmic crudest such bitter incisive quite unconscious dramatic such bold covert more sweet space-based gentle uncivil subtle throw-away indulgent self-defeating almost unendurable little quiet second-degree undisguised crowning delicious good-natured natured good-humored such hideous shrewdest well-intended little judicious ultimate savage somewhat ponderous bittersweet malicious humorous keener thoroughly modern tragi-comic foppish exquisite subtle and delicate small, fine little soft enjoyable coast-to-coast overdeveloped rather grim certain quiet disdainful usual cool certain savage such unconscious more cruel heavy-handed such gross compassionate more unhappy bitter, bitter same pleasant strange and unaccountable cold, cruel anti-christian disappointing own sharp unfunny certain delicate mild insulting oft-quoted pitiless delicate polite effusive perfectly fitting pungent more pungent imperceptible almost imperceptible more poetic same gentle rasping ciceronian sad faint keen perceptible atrocious certain pleasant pervasive stinging profound indiscriminating soft and delicate atheist comic great and wonderful such innocent elephantine almost incredible last bitter condescending tongue-in-cheek blasphemous demure heavy half-conscious far finer grave rather heavy ever ready facetious genial ferocious neat little unanswerable gruesome rueful quiet piquant galling courteous despairing suave unspoken rather severe shakespearian urbane same delightful perturbed pathetic sacrilegious inimitable pardonable gratuitous such clever final acrid intriguing avenging near-perfect fine and delicate conscious quizzical potentially lethal rather sad strange such obvious witty nerdy revelatory curious malign evident intentional unendurable terrible deal less excruciating refined self-assured more ingenious resentful such heavy own bitter unbearable appreciative cynical genteel flippant tolerant benignant haughty undetected such brutal such happy baffling more delicate diabolical painful obvious inscrutable venomous pedantic scarcely perceptible habitual unmistakable shivery tragical coldest apparent far deeper languid own heavy wistful self-inflicted such pleasant delightful fine benevolent weary deliberate impertinent macabre deep-rooted inadvertent hilarious cold poetic anguished heraldic inherent outrageous insolent frightful jocular reminiscent implacable ponderous singular irrepressible tacit more delightful bilious such delicate epigrammatic such magnificent unavoidable reflective tart amusing mournful defensive devilish corrective fairly strong unsmiling appreciable inescapable cool calm defensible fitting hideous pithy demoniacal sceptical unwitting such powerful stoical such horrid merciless well-bred temperate glacial excusable insuperable harshest considerable sweet, sweet affable wrathful freakish whole bloody horrible dry fiercest sour blended subtler satiric ineffable awful indescribable dialectical self-imposed corrosive negligible heaviest same quiet mirthless repulsive slight affectionate humane jocose arrogant disconcerting flinty dictatorial abysmal intolerable characteristic dreamy round-eyed haphazard equal frigid circuitous indolent supercilious stereotyped unswerving peculiar incredible truthful overt brutal careless triumphant unavailing precocious purest palpable imperturbable philosophic sorrowful implicit fiendish jocund inconceivable sublime wanton austere prophetic dreadful such beautiful appetizing impatient smug blackest unending irresistible disciplinary intense wholesome judicious sinister more horrible angry destructive fierce gentler olympian imaginative more pleasing audacious deep silken lightest mock stern sympathetic flighty bloodless platonic malignant frivolous strange and terrible grotesque jovial sombre unwelcome girlish involuntary significant placid perplexing artless cheerful deeper cinematic whimsical unobtrusive romantic unsuspecting sweetest satirical ungracious emphatic serene clean-cut irreverent impious sleepless tranquil colossal sporadic staggering graphic heartless meaningless eternal breezy tense remorseless vicious harsh mischievous amiable pictorial persistent unflinching maddening florid hysterical teutonic slightest inseparable inexorable unknowing bleak endearing discerning historical feverish indignant rhythmical unalterable satisfying sullen unpleasant existential horrid teasing especial justifiable perfectly natural millennial crude frightening more subtle fearless clumsy deepest critical manifest relentless malevolent unsuspected continual jaunty further fateful razor-edged ludicrous world-class needless lucid infrequent joyful certain devastating impartial sensible shrewd monstrous discordant poisonous marvelous tipsy historic wary self-serving unimaginable odd sharp sinuous monumental splendid detestable profoundest quaint bland greatest righteous hopeful acute double icy frank juvenile fundamental dismal sovereign purposeful instinctive choicest penetrating last little sheer excessive gravest superb domestic comical monkish sincere naive pained easy lazy verbal unaccustomed saddened happy omnipresent graceful latent superlative undergraduate unkind morbid invincible silky senile appalling suitable quieter confident dauntless ingenious wicked conjugal far-reaching sweet gloomy apt philosophical stylized extravagant startling lofty soft

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Words to Describe irony

As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "irony" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "irony" are: further and exquisite, ultimate meaningless, profound and very genuine, grim, pervasive, and unconscious and sublime. There are 995 other words to describe irony listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe irony suits your needs.

If you're getting strange results, it may be that your query isn't quite in the right format. The search box should be a simple word or phrase, like "tiger" or "blue eyes". A search for words to describe "people who have blue eyes" will likely return zero results. So if you're not getting ideal results, check that your search term, "irony" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.

Note also that if there aren't many irony adjectives, or if there are none at all, it could be that your search term has an abiguous part-of-speech. For example, the word "blue" can be an noun and an adjective. This confuses the engine and so you might not get many adjectives describing it. I may look into fixing this in the future. You might also be wondering: What type of word is irony?

Describing Words

The idea for the Describing Words engine came when I was building the engine for Related Words (it's like a thesaurus, but gives you a much broader set of related words, rather than just synonyms). While playing around with word vectors and the "HasProperty" API of conceptnet, I had a bit of fun trying to get the adjectives which commonly describe a word. Eventually I realised that there's a much better way of doing this: parse books!

Project Gutenberg was the initial corpus, but the parser got greedier and greedier and I ended up feeding it somewhere around 100 gigabytes of text files - mostly fiction, including many contemporary works. The parser simply looks through each book and pulls out the various descriptions of nouns.

Hopefully it's more than just a novelty and some people will actually find it useful for their writing and brainstorming, but one neat little thing to try is to compare two nouns which are similar, but different in some significant way - for example, gender is interesting: "woman" versus "man" and "boy" versus "girl". On an inital quick analysis it seems that authors of fiction are at least 4x more likely to describe women (as opposed to men) with beauty-related terms (regarding their weight, features and general attractiveness). In fact, "beautiful" is possibly the most widely used adjective for women in all of the world's literature, which is quite in line with the general unidimensional representation of women in many other media forms. If anyone wants to do further research into this, let me know and I can give you a lot more data (for example, there are about 25000 different entries for "woman" - too many to show here).

The blueness of the results represents their relative frequency. You can hover over an item for a second and the frequency score should pop up. The "uniqueness" sorting is default, and thanks to my Complicated Algorithm™, it orders them by the adjectives' uniqueness to that particular noun relative to other nouns (it's actually pretty simple). As you'd expect, you can click the "Sort By Usage Frequency" button to adjectives by their usage frequency for that noun.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source mongodb which was used in this project.

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