irony
RHETORICAL DEVICE, LITERARY TECHNIQUE, OR SITUATION IN WHICH THERE IS AN INCONGRUITY BETWEEN THE LITERAL AND THE IMPLIED MEANING
Socratic irony; Ironic; Dramatic irony; Verbal irony; Ironically; Roman irony; Ironical; Tragic irony; Parallel irony; Cosmic irony; Ironies; Dramatic Irony; Situational irony; Literary irony; Comic irony; Historical irony; Cosmic joke; Self-irony
(ironies)
1.
Irony is a subtle form of humour which involves saying things that you do not mean.
Sinclair examined the closed, clever face for any hint of irony, but found none.
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2.
If you talk about the irony of a situation, you mean that it is odd or amusing because it involves a contrast.
The irony is that many officials in Washington agree in private that their policy is inconsistent...
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