Meanings
present singular third person ironizes · participle present ironizing · participle past ironized · past ironized
- intransitiveTo use irony.
- transitiveTo treat something in an ironic fashion.
His novels mocked and maligned the French middle class, ironizing it into oblivion.
2007 December 30, Lee Siegel, “The Blush of the New”, in New York Times1 more example
The sketch begins with a text introduction that tells us, "In 2014, a few brave souls dared to defy Big Oil and his encroachment on the Lakota Nation. In their most traditional garb, these warriors led a legendary protest." These statements are soon ironized by the image of a young Native American man, wearing only a flowery vest, baseball cap, tinted sunglasses, and underwear, who announces […]
2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 182
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French ironiser, ironiser
- ironiserto use irony
- ironiserto treat something in an ironic fashion
German ironisieren
- ironisierento treat something in an ironic fashion
Italian ironizzare, ironizzare
- ironizzareto use irony
- ironizzareto treat something in an ironic fashion
Polish ironizować
- ironizowaćto use irony
Portuguese ironizar, ironizar
- ironizarto use irony
- ironizarto treat something in an ironic fashion
Romanian ironiza
- ironizato treat something in an ironic fashion
Russian иронизировать
- иронизировать (ironizirovatʹ)to use irony
Spanish ironizar
- ironizarto use irony
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ironize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironize
“ironize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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