irony, n.
(ironies)
freq. cnt. 8
(ironies)
freq. cnt. 8
witty language used to convey insults or scorn
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2
caustic remark irony sarcasm satire
sample sentences
"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
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
irony
sample sentences
"the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"
a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
<noun.communication>
irony
semantic pointers
member of this domain (usage)
part meronym
hyponym
hypernym