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Irony Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Irony? [n] incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated" [n] witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid" [n] a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs Synonyms \| Synonyms for Irony: caustic remark \| sarcasm \| satire Related Terms \| Find terms related to Irony: agile wit \| ambiguity \| ambiguousness \| ambivalence \| amphibology \| antinomy \| Atticism \| biformity \| bifurcation \| black humor \| burlesque \| caricature \| causticity \| comedy \| complexity of meaning \| conjugation \| cynicism \| dichotomy \| double entendre \| double meaning \| double reference \| doubleness \| doublethink \| doubling \| dry wit \| dualism \| duality \| duplexity \| duplication \| duplicity \| equivocacy \| equivocality \| equivocalness \| equivocation \| esprit \| farce \| halving \| humor \| innuendo \| invective \| Janus \| lampoon \| levels of meaning \| multivocality \| nimble wit \| oxymoron \| pairing \| paradox \| parody \| paronomasia \| pleasantry \| polarity \| polysemousness \| polysemy \| pretty wit \| punning \| quick wit \| ready wit \| richness of meaning \| salt \| sarcasm \| satire \| satiric wit \| savor of wit \| self-contradiction \| slapstick \| slapstick humor \| squib \| subtle wit \| travesty \| twinning \| two-facedness \| twoness \| uncertainty \| visual humor \| wit See Also \| antiphrasis \| dramatic irony \| figure \| figure of speech \| humor \| humour \| image \| incongruity \| incongruousness \| Socratic irony \| trope \| wit \| witticism \| wittiness Irony In Webster's Dictionary \I"rony\, a. [From {Iron}.] 1. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles. [R.] \I"rony\, n.[L. ironia, Gr. ? dissimulation, fr. ? a dissembler in speech, fr. ? to speak; perh. akin to E. word: cf. F. ironie.] 1. Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist. 2. A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of the words.

Irony Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Irony?

[n] incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"
[n] witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"
[n] a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

Synonyms | Synonyms for Irony: caustic remark | sarcasm | satire

Irony In Webster's Dictionary

\I"ron*y\, a. [From {Iron}.]
1. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as,
   irony chains; irony particles. [R.]


\I"ron*y\, n.[L. ironia, Gr. ? dissimulation, fr. ? a
dissembler in speech, fr. ? to speak; perh. akin to E. word:
cf. F. ironie.]
1. Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of
   confounding or provoking an antagonist.

2. A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts
   a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the
   literal sense of the words.

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