irony
ironia
definition
noun
“Don't go overboard with the gratitude,” he rejoined with heavy irony
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
adjective
an irony gray color
of or like iron.
translation of 'irony'
noun
ridículo,
ironia,
sátira,
sarcasmo
adjective
de ferro
example
Those who don't know him better could be forgiven for missing the 'irony' in that expression.
The 'irony' was that Airdrie emerged from the match with one of their best results after one of their poorest performances.
However, it soon dawned on me that these people were actually real activists, and their chants were not a form of deliberate 'irony' .
The second, appended to the first half with humorous 'irony' , was apparently intended to mean what it sounded like.
Schlegel's Romantic 'irony' was a reaction to the systematic thought of Kant.
Expressing yourself through 'irony' is the way to go these days.
The 'irony' is almost too perfect: Malls are now being designed to resemble the downtown commercial districts they replaced.
You can not express 'irony' or metaphor effectively in ticker-tape speech.
With deliberate 'irony' , they also echo corporate efforts at conveying information efficiently.
In perfect 'irony' , one of them was seen pasting posters on the pedestal of the Kamaraj statue to publicise an agitation in the city on Tuesday.
It involved the use of that very English form of expression known as 'irony' .
But did he know he would use 'irony' to such clever effect even a moment before he began doing so?
It would be the perfect 'irony' if today's opponents provided the spark that Scotland need to beat them in their own magnificent Millennium Stadium.
The 'irony' is that the farming methods causing the drainage will result in their own demise, as they use up the topsoil and render the ground infertile.
The results are 'irony' and sarcasm, and those are two things I try to avoid.
I was teaching a basic college writing course one summer at the local community college and I wanted to explain 'irony' as a literary device.
I suppose that there are people who could fail to notice when I'm deploying 'irony' , exaggerating for humorous effect or just burbling.
By this point in the movie, Banek can only laugh with caustic 'irony' at this diatribe.
the 'irony' is that I thought he could help me
Heavy 'irony' underlines her declaration that she had always wanted to be in the movies and longed to be discovered, like Marilyn Monroe.
A tale of two cities, heavy with 'irony' and laden with symbolism, was played out over the summer.
The greatest 'irony' of this case was that his wife was also a patient, presenting with insomnia due to shift work as a nurse.
His behaviour is a perfect expression of courtesy and good feeling with a spice of 'irony' in it.
The filmmakers used the city's motto ‘Let Glasgow Flourish’ as the film's title with deliberate 'irony' .
In a case of savage 'irony' , Yost ended up supervising the termination of many of the engineers he helped to hire.
Irony, and metaphor as a form of 'irony' , is a way to understand how the English language is used.
They do it very quickly, using 'irony' , saying the opposite of what they mean, and using extreme language.
the 'irony' is that I thought he could help me
It would be the final 'irony' of this extraordinary affair if the fight were to be cancelled on the grounds that it could be a threat to public order.
To add 'irony' to injury, his reselection was itself a result of an injury to the captain Jason Robinson.
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