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English to English adjective
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Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles. |  | source: webster1913
noun
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witty language used to convey insults or scorn | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs | | Example: the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated
source: wordnet30
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a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs | | source: wordnet30
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Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist. | | source: webster1913
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