irony in English

noun
1
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
“Don't go overboard with the gratitude,” he rejoined with heavy irony
synonyms:sarcasmcausticitycynicismmockerysatiresardonicism
adjective
1
of or like iron.
an irony gray color

Use "irony" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "irony" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "irony", or refer to the context using the word "irony" in the English Dictionary.

1. No verbal irony here.

2. No irony in that, huh?

3. She spoke with heavy irony.

4. The irony is lost in translation.

5. She congratulated him with gentle irony.

6. He smiles ruefully at the irony.

7. Enough irony for all of us.

8. Tell me, do you appreciate irony?

9. The phrase is loaded with irony.

10. I'M STARTING TO SMELL THE IRONY.

11. You see, history's rich in irony.

12. Iris's voice was heavily laced with irony.

13. It was a manoeuvre replete with irony.

14. Do I detect a tinge of irony?

15. She said to him with slight irony.

16. Irony in the Cask of Amontillado Examples

17. "Mockery, irony and Archness," Mr

18. Or as I like to call her, Irony.

19. Thuggish bush mentality It seems a dreadful irony.

20. " Irony is people everywhere value intellectual property rights .

21. Beneath the cynicism, beneath the irony, however, turmoil.

22. 22 It was a manoeuvre replete with irony.

23. Paradox and irony are characteristics of her style.

24. irony was that I didn't even like her.

25. There was a note of irony in that reservation.

26. Metaphor and irony juxtapose meanings: harmonious, contrasting, or conflicting.

27. He's got a keen sense of irony, our jailer.

28. He thanked us all without a touch of irony.

29. They resorted to sarcasm irony, invective and self - praise.

30. There was a note of irony in his voice.

31. She tried to ignore the heavy irony in his voice.

32. And the Western Standard is not racist, it just has a lot of racists writing for it and running it CC -- you 'Bafoon' Irony, sweet irony.

33. The thing I loved about this poster was the irony.

34. Do I detect a note of irony in your voice?

35. Caine has always been an actor who excels in irony.

36. There was a touch of irony/humour in her voice.

37. And the irony is that he wasn't very good at math.

38. There was not the faintest trace of irony in her voice.

39. He was not without humour, but completely impervious to Jane's irony.

40. As one philosopher interviewed in the film notes, they lack irony.

41. 'England is famous for its food,' she said with heavy irony.

42. Tropes are chiefly of four kinds, metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony.

43. In the closing lines, the poet indulges his sense of irony.

44. Noting the irony, Johnson just shook her head and rolled her eyes.

45. His scepticism and irony make his musings palatable to a Western ear.

46. Arum, of course, had to chortle over that precious bit of irony.

47. 3 Tropes are chiefly of four kinds, metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony.

48. From the Cambridge English Corpus This is the irony for the Advantaged …

49. The tragic irony is that the drug was supposed to save lives.

50. ... we should be on guard for the unpleasant arrival of dramatic irony.