Dictionary Entry
irony
irony is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.
- 2adjective
Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property.
- 3noun
Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
- 4noun
A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of the words.
- 5noun
incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
"the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"
- 6noun
witty language used to convey insults or scorn--Jonathan Swift
"he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"
"irony is wasted on the stupid"
- 7noun
a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
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