irony

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noun

1. witty language used to convey insults or scorn (Freq. 5)
- 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
• Syn:
sarcasm, satire, caustic remark
• Derivationally related forms:
satiric (for: satire), satirical (for: satire), satirist (for: satire), satirize (for: satire), satirise (for: satire), ironical, ironic, ironist, sarcastic (for: sarcasm)
• Hypernyms:
wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
• Attrubites:
sarcastic, unsarcastic
2. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs (Freq. 3)
- the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated
• Derivationally related forms:
ironic, ironical
• Hypernyms:
incongruity, incongruousness
• Hyponyms:
Socratic irony
3. a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
• Derivationally related forms:
ironic, ironical
• Members of this Usage Domain:
pretty, deserving, worth, indeed
• Hypernyms:
trope, figure of speech, figure, image
• Hyponyms:
dramatic irony
• Part Meronyms:
antiphrasis

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sarcasm, satire, caustic remark