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Results for: "irony"

Translating from English to German

Translations:

irony — irony, saying the opposite of what is meant
→ Ironie f
irony — condition contrary to expectations
→ Ironie f

More translations:

irony
→ Ironie
irony
→ Spott
irony
→ Sarkasmus

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 3

  1. 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”
    Synonymssarcasmsatirecaustic remark

  2. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs

    • “the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated”

  3. a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs