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

1. adjective. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.
2. adjective. Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property.
3. noun. Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
4. noun. 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.
5. noun. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs

   "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"

6. noun. witty language used to convey insults or scorn--Jonathan Swift

   "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"

   "irony is wasted on the stupid"

   Synonyms: sarcasm, satire

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

Synonyms

sarcasm, satire

Common word forms

ironier, ironies, ironiest

Words from these letters

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