Irony

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1. Adjective

Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.

2. Adjective

Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property.

3. Noun

Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.

4. Noun

A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of the words.

5. Noun

incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric

6. Noun

witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "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
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric

7. Noun

a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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