IRONY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
   Usage Example(s)
   • the irony of Ireland’’s copying the nation she most hated
   Hypernyms(s) irony is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • incongruity (what does incongruity mean?)
   • incongruousness (what does incongruousness mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Socratic irony (what does Socratic irony mean?)
2. Meaning
   • witty language used to convey insults or scorn
   Synonym(s)
   • caustic remark (what does caustic remark mean?)
   • sarcasm (what does sarcasm mean?)
   • satire (what does satire mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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–Johathan Swift
   Hypernyms(s) irony is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • wit (what does wit mean?)
   • humor (what does humor mean?)
   • humour (what does humour mean?)
   • witticism (what does witticism mean?)
   • wittiness (what does wittiness mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • sarcastic (what does sarcastic mean?)
   • unsarcastic (what does unsarcastic mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • satirize (what does satirize mean?)
   • satirise (what does satirise mean?)
   • lampoon (what does lampoon mean?)
   • satirize (what does satirize mean?)
   • satirise (what does satirise mean?)
   • lampoon (what does lampoon mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
   Hypernyms(s) irony is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • trope (what does trope mean?)
   • figure of speech (what does figure of speech mean?)
   • figure (what does figure mean?)
   • image (what does image mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dramatic irony (what does dramatic irony mean?)