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ironic
adj. characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"
ironic, ironical
adj. characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"
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forced
adj. made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing"
unannounced, unheralded, unpredicted
adj. without warning or announcement; "they arrived unannounced"; "a totally unheralded telegram that his daughter...died last night"- M.A.D.Howe
unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue(p)
adj. not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue"
unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of
adj. so unexpected as to have not been imagined; "an unhoped-for piece of luck"; "an unthought advantage"; "an unthought-of place to find the key"
upset(a)
adj. used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers"
unprovided for(p)
adj. not prepared or ready for
barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious
adj. capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
saturnine
adj. bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde
satirical, satiric
adj. exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine"
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expected
adj. considered likely or probable to happen or arrive; "prepared for the expected attack"
ironic
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