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Definition of Irony
1. Noun. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn. "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"
Generic synonyms: Humor, Humour, Wit, Witticism, Wittiness
Attributes: Sarcastic, Unsarcastic
Derivative terms: Ironic, Ironical, Ironist, Sarcastic, Satiric, Satirical, Satirise, Satirist, Satirize
2. Noun. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs. "The irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"
Specialized synonyms: Socratic Irony
Derivative terms: Ironic, Ironical
3. Noun. A trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs.
Specialized synonyms: Dramatic Irony
Generic synonyms: Figure, Figure Of Speech, Image, Trope
Examples of language type: Pretty, Deserving, Worth, Indeed
Derivative terms: Ironic, Ironical
Definition of Irony
1. a. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.
2. n. Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
Definition of Irony
1. Noun. A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, notably as a form of humor. ¹
2. Noun. Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play. ¹
3. Noun. Ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist; Socratic irony. ¹
4. Noun. (informal sometimes proscribed)(cite news ¹
5. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the metal iron. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Irony
1. the use of words to express the opposite of what is literally said [n -NIES]
Medical Definition of Irony
1. 1. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles. 2. Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property. Origin: From Iron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irony
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