irony
ironía
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.
translation of 'irony'
noun
sorna,
sarcasmo,
ironía
example
I suppose that there are people who could fail to notice when I'm deploying 'irony' , exaggerating for humorous effect or just burbling.
Heavy 'irony' underlines her declaration that she had always wanted to be in the movies and longed to be discovered, like Marilyn Monroe.
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.
A tale of two cities, heavy with 'irony' and laden with symbolism, was played out over the summer.
Expressing yourself through 'irony' is the way to go these days.
The results are 'irony' and sarcasm, and those are two things I try to avoid.
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.
In a case of savage 'irony' , Yost ended up supervising the termination of many of the engineers he helped to hire.
By this point in the movie, Banek can only laugh with caustic 'irony' at this diatribe.
But did he know he would use 'irony' to such clever effect even a moment before he began doing so?
The greatest 'irony' of this case was that his wife was also a patient, presenting with insomnia due to shift work as a nurse.
The 'irony' is almost too perfect: Malls are now being designed to resemble the downtown commercial districts they replaced.
But perhaps the most bitter and disturbing 'irony' is that the best surf tends to arrive during the winter.
the 'irony' is that I thought he could help me
With deliberate 'irony' , they also echo corporate efforts at conveying information efficiently.
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.
To add 'irony' to injury, his reselection was itself a result of an injury to the captain Jason Robinson.
Irony, and metaphor as a form of 'irony' , is a way to understand how the English language is used.
The second, appended to the first half with humorous 'irony' , was apparently intended to mean what it sounded like.
However, it soon dawned on me that these people were actually real activists, and their chants were not a form of deliberate 'irony' .
‘Don't go overboard with the gratitude,’ he rejoined with heavy 'irony'
A palpable sense of 'irony' , derived from Greek tragedy, embeds itself in the noirish landscape.
Those who don't know him better could be forgiven for missing the 'irony' in that expression.
The 'irony' was that Airdrie emerged from the match with one of their best results after one of their poorest performances.
There's plenty of 'irony' in seeing one monopoly accuse another monopoly of restricting users' choices.
The 'irony' of that situation was that Stalin judged Hitler to be more rational than in fact he was.
Schlegel's Romantic 'irony' was a reaction to the systematic thought of Kant.
I enjoyed your piece, Tom, I like contradictions, 'irony' , humour and absurdities.
The final dialogue, Imperceptible, is a darkly humorous piece of 'irony' .
The filmmakers used the city's motto ‘Let Glasgow Flourish’ as the film's title with deliberate 'irony' .
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