English noun: irony | |||
1. | irony (communication) witty language used to convey insults or scorn | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | caustic remark, sarcasm, satire | ||
Broader (hypernym) | humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness | ||
Attribute | sarcastic, unsarcastic | ||
2. | irony (attribute) incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs | ||
Samples | The irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | incongruity, incongruousness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Socratic irony | ||
3. | irony (communication) a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs | ||
Broader (hypernym) | figure, figure of speech, image, trope | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dramatic irony | ||
Part holonym | antiphrasis | ||
Domain usage members | deserving, indeed, pretty, worth | ||