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(intransitive) To use irony / (transitive) To treat something in an ironic fashion

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ironize

Source Word

ironize

Verb

intransitive transitive

(intransitive) To use irony / (transitive) To treat something in an ironic fashion

Japanese Meaning

皮肉を表現する（言葉や行動に皮肉や風刺のニュアンスを込める） / 風刺的な態度で何かに対処する

He tends to ironize when conversations get too earnest.

会話があまりにも真面目になると、彼はつい皮肉を言ってしまう。

Sense（1）

(intransitive) To use irony

Sense（2）

(transitive) To treat something in an ironic fashion

His novels mocked and maligned the French middle class, ironizing it into oblivion.

ironizes

（ present singular third-person ）

ironizing

（ participle present ）

ironized

（ participle past ）

ironized

（ past ）