irony
noun
1 irony
Witty language used to convey insults or scorn:
— Irony is wasted on the stupid.
synonyms: caustic remark, sarcasm, satire.
Roget 521:
figure of speech;
facon de parler [Fr.],
way of speaking,
colloquialism.
phrase
etc.
566;
figure,
trope,
metaphor,
enallage†,
catachresis†;
metonymy [Gramm.],
synecdoche [Sem.];
autonomasia†,
irony,
figurativeness
etc.
adj.;
image,
imagery;
metalepsis†,
type,
anagoge†,
simile,
personification,
prosopopoeia†,
allegory,
apologue†,
parable,
fable;
allusion,
adumbration;
application.
exaggeration,
hyperbole
etc.
549.
association,
association of ideas
(analogy)
514.1
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Roget 546:
untruth,
falsehood,
lie,
story,
thing that is not,
fib,
bounce,
crammer,
taradiddle†,
whopper;
jhuth†.
forgery,
fabrication,
invention;
misstatement,
misrepresentation;
perversion,
falsification,
gloss,
suggestio falsi [Lat.];
exaggeration
etc.
549.
invention,
fabrication,
fiction;
fable,
nursery tale;
romance
etc.
(imagination)
515;
absurd story,
untrue story,
false story,
trumped up story,
trumped up statement;
thing devised by the enemy;
canard;
shave,
sell,
hum,
traveler's tale,
Canterbury tale,
cock and bull story,
fairy tale,
fake;
claptrap.
press agent's yarn;
puff,
puffery
(exaggeration)
549.
myth,
moonshine,
bosh,
all my eye and Betty Martin,
mare's nest,
farce.
irony;
half truth,
white lie,
pious fraud;
mental reservation
etc.
(concealment)
528.
pretense,
pretext;
false plea
etc.
617;
subterfuge,
evasion,
shift,
shuffle,
make-believe;
sham
etc.
(deception)
545.
profession,
empty words;
Judas kiss
etc.
(hypocrisy)
544;
disguise
etc.
(mask)
530.
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Roget 856:
ridicule,
derision;
sardonic smile,
sardonic grin;
irrision†;
scoffing
etc.
(disrespect)
929;
mockery,
quiz†,
banter,
irony,
persiflage,
raillery,
chaff,
badinage;
quizzing
etc.
v.;
asteism†.
squib,
satire,
skit,
quip,
quib†,
grin.
parody,
burlesque,
travesty,
travestie†;
farce
etc.
(drama)
599;
caricature.
buffoonery
etc.
(fun)
840;
practical joke;
horseplay.
scorn,
contempt
etc.
930.
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Roget 929:
disrespect,
disesteem,
disestimation†;
disparagement
etc.
(dispraise)
932,
(detraction)
934.
irreverence;
slight,
neglect,
spretae injuria formae [Lat.]
[Vergil],
superciliousness
etc.
(contempt)
930.
vilipendency†,
vilification,
contumely,
affront,
dishonor,
insult,
indignity,
outrage,
discourtesy
etc.
895;
practical joking;
scurrility,
scoffing,
sibilance,
hissing,
sibilation;
irrision†;
derision;
mockery;
irony
etc.
(ridicule)
856;
sarcasm.
hiss,
hoot,
boo,
gibe,
flout,
jeer,
scoff,
gleek†,
taunt,
sneer,
quip,
fling,
wipe,
slap in the face.
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Dutch: sarcasme
Polish: ironia, ironiczność
2 irony
Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs.
Dutch: ironie
Polish: ironiczność
3 irony
A trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs.
Polish: antyfraza, ironia
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