ironizes
Comments with sarcasm
Ironizes is a verb meaning to use irony—saying something while meaning the opposite, or treating a subject with detached, knowing skepticism.
A writer ironizes a cliché by deploying it with exaggerated earnestness: The film ironizes suburban family life.
The word often suggests a postmodern stance of not quite committing to what one says.
Mocks through exaggeration
- lampoonsMocks through exaggerated imitation
- parodiesSatirical imitations
- mocksRidicules through imitation
- ridiculesSubjects to contemptuous laughter
skewers · caricatures · spoofs · burlesques · roasts · takedowns · squibs · travesties
Spaces between locations
- undercutsWeakens or undersells
- destabilizesUndermines steadiness or equilibrium
- questionsRequests for information
- problematizesRenders questionable or contested
brackets · qualifies · complicates · reframes · estranges · alienates · unsettles · displaces
Mental quickness and skill
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- innuendoOblique disparaging remark
- punsJokes using sound similarities
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
banter · drollery · facetiousness · playfulness · wryness · tongue-in-cheek · knowing · slyness
satirizes
Mocks through exaggeration
- lampoonsMocks through exaggerated imitation
- parodiesSatirical imitations
- mocksRidicules through imitation
ridicules · skewers · caricatures · spoofs · burlesques · roasts · takedowns · squibs · travesties · exaggerates
distances
Spaces between locations
- undercutsWeakens or undersells
- destabilizesUndermines steadiness or equilibrium
- questionsRequests for information
problematizes · brackets · qualifies · complicates · reframes · estranges · alienates · unsettles · displaces · subverts
cleverness
Mental quickness and skill
repartee · banter · drollery · facetiousness · playfulness · wryness · tongue-in-cheek · knowing · slyness · subtlety
mocks
Ridicules through imitation
- sneersContemptuous facial expressions
- tauntsMocking, provoking remarks
- deridesExpresses contemptuous mockery
scoffs · jibes · quips · snarks · needles · digs · stings · bites · cuts · barbs
ironizesenthuses
Shows keen excitement
gushes · emotes · rhapsodizes · effuses · celebrates
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