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Meaning of 'irony' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Irony [ a.]
- Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.
- Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property.
2 . Irony [ n.]
- Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
- 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.

Meaning of 'irony' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . irony [ n]
Meaning (1):
- witty language used to convey insults or scorn
Example in sentence:
  • 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
Meaning (2):
- incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
Example in sentence:
  • the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated

Nearby Words:

iron iron works iron-cased iron-fisted iron-gray iron-hearted iron-sick iron-sided ironbark tree ironbound

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