Ironie example sentences
i·ro·ny
noun
irony (noun) · ironies (plural noun) · dramatic irony (noun) · tragic irony (plural noun)
- the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect:
- a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result:
- a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
i·ro·ny
adjective
irony (adjective)
- of or like iron: