| NOUN | communication | irony, sarcasm, satire, caustic remark | witty language used to convey insults or scorn |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | irony | incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs | |
| communication | irony | a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs |
| Sounds | ay'rahniy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abalone ... Zuni: 221 rhymes with niy... | |
| Meaning | witty language used to convey insults or scorn. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "irony is wasted on the stupid" | |
| Synonyms | sarcasm, satire, caustic remark | |
| Attributes | sarcastic | Expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds |
| unsarcastic | not sarcastic | |
| Broader | wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness | A message whose ingenuity / ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter |
| Spanish | ironía, sarcasmo, sátira | |
| Catalan | ironia, sarcasme, sàtira | |
| Adjectives | ironic, ironical | humorously sarcastic or mocking |
| Nouns | ironist | a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm |
| Meaning | incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs. | |
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| Example | "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated" | |
| Narrower | Socratic irony | admission of your own ignorance and willingness to learn while exposing someone's inconsistencies by close questioning |
| Broader | incongruity, incongruousness | The quality of disagreeing |
| Spanish | ironia, ironía | |
| Catalan | ironia | |
| Adjectives | ironic, ironical | characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is |
| Meaning | A trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Parts | antiphrasis | The use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) |
| Narrower | dramatic irony | (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning / meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play |
| Broader | trope, figure of speech, figure, image | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
| Usage | deserving, worth | Worthy of being treated in a particular way |
| indeed | (used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or skepticism or irony etc. | |
| pretty | (used ironically) unexpectedly bad | |
| Spanish | ironía | |
| Catalan | ironia | |
| Adjectives | ironic, ironical | characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is |
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