Meaning | Characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is. |
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Examples | - "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"
- "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"
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Synonym | ironical |
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Broader | incongruous | lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness |
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Spanish | ironic, irónico |
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Catalan | irònic |
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Nouns | irony | incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs |
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irony | a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs |