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irony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | trope, figure, figure of speech, image |
| Has types | dramatic irony |
| Derivation | ironical, ironic |
irony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | incongruity, incongruousness |
| Has types | socratic irony |
| Derivation | ironic, ironical |
the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated.
Examples of irony
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There would be something fitting about that, in a sick sense of oil-spill irony.
From the newsweek.com
If that happens, it will become the business sector's biggest irony of the year.
From the theepochtimes.com
The irony is that I found it most tricky because I was playing so close to type.
From the telegraph.co.uk
There is some irony in nature lovers braving the wilds wearing recycled rubbish.
From the guardian.co.uk
Many confused stares when Colbert, the Comedy Central host, ladles on the irony.
From the time.com
That's the irony of this award, which he received, you might say, pre-emptively.
From the denverpost.com
Studs Terkel would have relished the almost festive irony of dying on Halloween.
From the dailyherald.com
Simon's sense of humor is layered throughout in witty conversation and in irony.
From the sacbee.com
On some level, surely the agony of irony evokes at least a smirk of recognition.
From the kansas.com
- Sarcasm: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift
- Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"
- A trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
- (ironic) dry: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"
- (ironic) 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"
- (ironically) contrary to plan or expectation; "ironically, he ended up losing money under his own plan"
- Irony (from Ancient Greek u03B5u1F30u03C1u03C9u03BDu03B5u03AFu03B1 (eiru014Dneu00EDa), meaning "dissimulation, feigned ignorance"), in its broadest sense, is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or event in which what appears, on the surface, to be the case, differs radically from what is actually the case. Irony may be divided into categories such as verbal, dramatic, and situational.
- Irony (stylised as irony) is an album by ACO, released in 2003.
- (Ironic (song)) "Ironic" is a song written by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard and produced by Ballard for Morissette's third album Jagged Little Pill (1995). It was released as the album's fourth single in 1996 (see 1996 in music). ...
