irony
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/ˈaɪrəni/
/ˈaɪrəni/
- 1 ironi countable or uncountable
- 2 alaycı anlatım, iğneleme uncountable
Definition (English)
- A situation that is strange or funny because it is the opposite of what you expect.
- The use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think, often to be funny.
Example Sentences
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The irony is that the fire station itself burned down.İşin ironisi, itfaiye binasının kendisinin yanmış olması.
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She didn't understand the irony.İroniyi anlamadı.
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There was a touch of irony in his voice.Sesinde hafif bir alaycılık vardı.
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"Lovely weather," she said with heavy irony as the rain poured down.Yağmur bardaktan boşanırken ağır bir alaycılıkla "Harika hava," dedi.
Synonyms
Collocations
dramatic ironysituational ironyverbal ironycosmic ironysense of ironyirony of fate