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irony
noun
-
irony
,
ironies
the
use
of
words
to
express
the
opposite
of
their
usual
meaning
so
people
understand
the
hidden
,
often
humorous
,
real
meaning
•
With
gentle
irony
,
she
praised
the
burnt
toast
as
“
chef-level
cuisine
.”
With
gentle
irony
,
she
praised
the
burnt
toast
as
“
chef-level
cuisine
.”
•
His
voice
dripped
with
irony
when
he
thanked
the
traffic
jam
for
its
“
perfect
timing
.”
His
voice
dripped
with
irony
when
he
thanked
the
traffic
jam
for
its
“
perfect
timing
.”
Early
16th
c
.:
from
French
ironie
,
from
Latin
ironia
,
from
Greek
eirōneía
‘
simulated
ignorance
’,
from
eirōn
‘
dissembler
’.
noun
-
irony
,
ironies
a
situation
in
which
the
opposite
of
what
you
expect
or
intend
happens
,
often
in
a
way
that
seems
amusing
or
strange
•
The
irony
is
that
the
fire
station
burned
down
.
The
irony
is
that
the
fire
station
burned
down
.
•
It
was
a
cruel
irony
that
the
marathon
winner
twisted
her
ankle
after
crossing
the
finish
line
.
It
was
a
cruel
irony
that
the
marathon
winner
twisted
her
ankle
after
crossing
the
finish
line
.
Extended
from
the
idea
of
verbal
contradiction
to
events
in
the
early
19th
c
.
noun
-
irony
,
ironies
in
literature
or
drama
,
the
effect
created
when
the
audience
knows
something
important
that
the
characters
do
not
,
making
the
characters
’
actions
or
words
take
on
a
different
meaning
•
In
the
play
,
dramatic
irony
arises
because
the
audience
already
knows
the
prince
is
alive
.
In
the
play
,
dramatic
irony
arises
because
the
audience
already
knows
the
prince
is
alive
.
•
Shakespeare
often
used
irony
so
viewers
understood
secrets
the
characters
missed
.
Shakespeare
often
used
irony
so
viewers
understood
secrets
the
characters
missed
.
The
theatrical
sense
developed
in
classical
Greek
drama
and
was
later
formalized
in
Renaissance
literary
criticism
.
