Meaning of irony
Definition of irony
(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
incongruity
between
what
might
be
expected
and what
actually
occurs; "the irony of Ireland's
copying
the
nation
she
most
hated"
a
trope
that involves
incongruity
between
what is
expected
and what occurs
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