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"irony is wasted on the stupid"nounwitty language used to convey insults or scorn
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nouna trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurstype of:
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"the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"nounincongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurstype of:
Definition that contains irony
- indeed (used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or skepticism or irony etc.
- moore United States poet noted for irony and wit (1887-1872)
- satirist a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
- ridiculer a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
- dramatic irony (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play
- ironist a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
- marianne craig moore United States poet noted for irony and wit (1887-1872)
- marianne moore United States poet noted for irony and wit (1887-1872)
- antiphrasis the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)