irony
English Thesaurus
1. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs (noun.attribute)
hyponym | : | socratic irony, |
definition | : | admission of your own ignorance and willingness to learn while exposing someone's inconsistencies by close questioning (noun.attribute) |
2. witty language used to convey insults or scorn (noun.communication)
hypernym | : | humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness, |
definition | : | a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter (noun.communication) |
attribute | : | sarcastic, |
definition | : | expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds (adj.all) |
attribute | : | unsarcastic, |
definition | : | not sarcastic (adj.all) |
3. a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs (noun.communication)
hyponym | : | dramatic irony, |
definition | : | (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play (noun.communication) |
part holonym | : | antiphrasis, |
definition | : | the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) (noun.communication) |
domain member usage | : | pretty, |
definition | : | (used ironically) unexpectedly bad (adj.all) |
domain member usage | : | deserving, worth, |
definition | : | worthy of being treated in a particular way (adj.all) |
domain member usage | : | indeed, |
definition | : | (used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or skepticism or irony etc. (adv.all) |
4. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | ironic, ironical, |
definition | : | characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is (adj.all) |
5. witty language used to convey insults or scorn (noun.communication)
derivation | : | sarcastic, |
definition | : | expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds (adj.all) |
derivation | : | satiric, satirical, |
definition | : | exposing human folly to ridicule (adj.all) |
6. a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs (noun.communication)
derivation | : | ironic, ironical, |
definition | : | characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is (adj.all) |
7. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | ironic, ironical, |
definition | : | characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is (adj.all) |
8. witty language used to convey insults or scorn (noun.communication)
derivation | : | sarcastic, |
definition | : | expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds (adj.all) |
derivation | : | satiric, satirical, |
definition | : | exposing human folly to ridicule (adj.all) |
9. a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs (noun.communication)
derivation | : | ironic, ironical, |
definition | : | characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is (adj.all) |
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