Sinonim irony

English Thesaurus

1. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	incongruity, incongruousness,
definition	:	the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	socratic irony,
definition	:	admission of your own ignorance and willingness to learn while exposing someone's inconsistencies by close questioning (noun.attribute)

2. witty language used to convey insults or scorn (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness,
definition	:	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter (noun.communication)

attribute	:	sarcastic,
definition	:	expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds (adj.all)

attribute	:	unsarcastic,
definition	:	not sarcastic (adj.all)

3. a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	figure, figure of speech, image, trope,
definition	:	language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	dramatic irony,
definition	:	(theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play (noun.communication)

part holonym	:	antiphrasis,
definition	:	the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) (noun.communication)

domain member usage	:	pretty,
definition	:	(used ironically) unexpectedly bad (adj.all)

domain member usage	:	deserving, worth,
definition	:	worthy of being treated in a particular way (adj.all)

domain member usage	:	indeed,
definition	:	(used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or skepticism or irony etc. (adv.all)

4. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	ironic, ironical,
definition	:	characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is (adj.all)

5. witty language used to convey insults or scorn (noun.communication)

derivation	:	ironist, ridiculer, satirist,
definition	:	a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm (noun.person)

derivation	:	lampoon, satirise, satirize,
definition	:	ridicule with satire (verb.communication)

derivation	:	dry, ironic, ironical, wry,
definition	:	humorously sarcastic or mocking (adj.all)

derivation	:	sarcastic,
definition	:	expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds (adj.all)

derivation	:	satiric, satirical,
definition	:	exposing human folly to ridicule (adj.all)

6. a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs (noun.communication)

derivation	:	ironic, ironical,
definition	:	characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is (adj.all)

7. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	ironic, ironical,
definition	:	characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is (adj.all)

8. witty language used to convey insults or scorn (noun.communication)

derivation	:	ironist, ridiculer, satirist,
definition	:	a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm (noun.person)

derivation	:	lampoon, satirise, satirize,
definition	:	ridicule with satire (verb.communication)

derivation	:	dry, ironic, ironical, wry,
definition	:	humorously sarcastic or mocking (adj.all)

derivation	:	sarcastic,
definition	:	expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds (adj.all)

derivation	:	satiric, satirical,
definition	:	exposing human folly to ridicule (adj.all)

9. a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs (noun.communication)

derivation	:	ironic, ironical,
definition	:	characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is (adj.all)