irony
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Synonyms: crony, iron, drony, frony, irons, irone, rony
Antonyms: crony, iron, drony, frony, irons, irone, rony
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Noun
- The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context. An ironic statement.
- An ironic statement.
- Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
- Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
- Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Adjective
- Of or pertaining to the metal iron.
- The food had an irony taste to it.
- The scrap yard had bins marked for irony aluminum, such as aluminum engine blocks not wholly cleaned of bolts, studs, brackets, and so on.
Noun
- A kind of metallic marble.
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