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irony Definition
(n)
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
"--
Johathan
Swift
(n)
incongruity
between
what
might
be
expected
and
what
actually
occurs
; "
the
irony
of
Ireland
''
s
copying
the
nation
she
most
hated
"
(n)
a
trope
that
involves
incongruity
between
what
is
expected
and
what
occurs
irony Synonyms
caustic remark
irony
sarcasm
satire
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