irony
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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.
example
‘Don't go overboard with the gratitude,’ he rejoined with heavy 'irony'
Those who don't know him better could be forgiven for missing the 'irony' in that expression.
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.
Heavy 'irony' underlines her declaration that she had always wanted to be in the movies and longed to be discovered, like Marilyn Monroe.
To add 'irony' to injury, his reselection was itself a result of an injury to the captain Jason Robinson.
I suppose that there are people who could fail to notice when I'm deploying 'irony' , exaggerating for humorous effect or just burbling.
Expressing yourself through 'irony' is the way to go these days.
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.
But the jokes, slang and heavy 'irony' that make up the established banter of the building trade could be heading for extinction.
By this point in the movie, Banek can only laugh with caustic 'irony' at this diatribe.
The final dialogue, Imperceptible, is a darkly humorous piece of 'irony' .
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.
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.
In a strange twist of 'irony' , this very narrowing down of themes may result in a wider audience.
“Don't go overboard with the gratitude,” he rejoined with heavy 'irony'
The 'irony' is almost too perfect: Malls are now being designed to resemble the downtown commercial districts they replaced.
In a case of savage 'irony' , Yost ended up supervising the termination of many of the engineers he helped to hire.
the 'irony' is that I thought he could help me
The 'irony' of that situation was that Stalin judged Hitler to be more rational than in fact he was.
They do it very quickly, using 'irony' , saying the opposite of what they mean, and using extreme language.
The 'irony' of the growing shortage is that in responding to it, China could soon find itself with too much capacity.
A palpable sense of 'irony' , derived from Greek tragedy, embeds itself in the noirish landscape.
I enjoyed your piece, Tom, I like contradictions, 'irony' , humour and absurdities.
With deliberate 'irony' , they also echo corporate efforts at conveying information efficiently.
It involved the use of that very English form of expression known as 'irony' .
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.
There's plenty of 'irony' in seeing one monopoly accuse another monopoly of restricting users' choices.
The 'irony' was that Airdrie emerged from the match with one of their best results after one of their poorest performances.
The second, appended to the first half with humorous 'irony' , was apparently intended to mean what it sounded like.
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