Definition of ironies Ironies
/ajˈɹʌniz/ - [ayruneez] -
We found 3 definitions of ironies from 2 different sources.
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What does ironies mean?
Wiktionary 
- ironies (Noun)
Plural of irony.
Part of speech
🔤- ironies, noun, plural of irony.
WordNet
NounPlural: irony |
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| irony - a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs | ||
| figure of speech, trope, image, figure language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | ||
| antiphrasis the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) | ||
| irony - incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated" | ||
| incongruity, incongruousness the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate | ||
| irony - 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 | ||
| sarcasm, satire, caustic remark | ||
| witticism, wittiness, wit, humor, humour a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | ||
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Wiktionary
- irony (Noun)
A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, notably as a form of humor. - irony (Noun)
dramatic Dramatic irony : a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play. - irony (Noun)
Ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist; Socratic irony . - irony (Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the metal iron.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- irony (a.)
Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles. - irony (a.)
Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property. - irony (n.)
Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist. - irony (n.)
A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of the words.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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irony
Made out of iron. -
irony
A form of humor by which a statement intentionally expresses the contrary to what he intends to express. -
irony
A dissimulation or ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist. -
irony
Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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irony
ī′run-i, n. a mode of speech which enables the speaker to convey his meaning with greater force by means of a contrast between the thought which he evidently designs to express and that which his words properly signify: satire.—adj. Iron′ical, meaning the opposite of what is expressed: satirical.—adv. Iron′ically.—The irony of fate, the perverse malignity of fate. [Fr.,—L. ironia, Gr. eirōneia, dissimulation—eirōn, a dissembler—eirein, to talk.]
Part of speech
🔤- irony, noun, singular of ironies.
- irony, adjective.
