irony
UKaiərəniː
US'aıərənı
معنی فارسی
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ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From the Latin 'ironia', from the Greek 'eironeia' meaning 'dissimulation, feigned ignorance'.
مثال
- The irony of the situation was not lost on her.
- He has a keen sense of irony.
- There is a certain irony in his being the one to make the mistake.
ترکیبهای رایج
Sense of irony Bitter irony Cruel irony Great irony Delicious irony
تعریف انگلیسی
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” “Attrubites: sarcastic, unsarcastic”
- 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
مترادفها
noun
Mockery (saying one thing and meaning the opposite).