Search Result:irony
KK Pronunciation
〔 `aIrәnI 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˋaiәrәni 〕
Overview of noun irony
The noun irony has 3 senses
- sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remark -- (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)
- irony -- (incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated")
- irony -- (a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs)