Antonyms for irony
ˈaɪ rə ni, ˈaɪ ər-irony

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1. irony2

   Synonyms:
   ferric, ferrous

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1. irony

   Banter is the touching upon some fault, weakness, or fancied secret of another in a way half to pique and half to please; badinage is delicate, refined banter. Raillery has more sharpness, but is usually good-humored and well meant. Irony, the saying one thing that the reverse may be understood, may be either mild or bitter. All the other words have a hostile intent. Ridicule makes a person or thing the subject of contemptuous merriment; derision seeks to make the object derided seem utterly despicable — to laugh it to scorn. Chaff is the coarse witticism of the streets, perhaps merry, oftener malicious; jeering is loud, rude ridicule, as of a hostile crowd or mob. Mockery is more studied, and may include mimicry and personal violence, as well as scornful speech. A satire is a formal composition; a sarcasm may be an impromptu sentence. The satire shows up follies to keep people from them; the sarcasm hits them because they are foolish, without inquiring whether it will do good or harm; the satire is plainly uttered; the sarcasm is covert.

   Synonyms:
   badinage, banter, chaff, derision, jeering, mockery, raillery, ridicule, sarcasm, satire

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1. irony

   Antonyms:
   compliment, seriousness

   Synonyms:
   satire, banter, quiz, rally, taunt, sarcasm, raillery, ridicule

Matched Categories

1. • Incongruity
   • Trope

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1. sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remarknoun

   witty language used to convey insults or scorn

   "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"--Jonathan Swift

   Synonyms:
   sarcasm, caustic remark, satire

2. ironynoun

   incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs

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

   Synonyms:
   sarcasm, caustic remark, satire

3. ironynoun

   a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

   Synonyms:
   sarcasm, caustic remark, satire

How to use irony in a sentence?

1. United States:

   Alt-right extremist networks are very good at circumventing existing legislation( policies and practices on platforms). New Zealand telecom executives use irony and sarcasm to spread hateful ideas and hide New Zealand telecom executives behind memes, the alt-right has tapped into this in a way that no jihadist movement has.

2. Wally Cleaver:

   I realize there's a perceived irony about this, you know, the fact that I was in a TV program that epitomized the supposed ideal world of the '50s, and here I'm suffering from depression. But I'm just one of millions.

3. David Feldman:

   There's good documentation that, in fact, there is less rainfall. What seems to be happening according to most of the climate scientists is we're getting longer, drier periods, but the irony is those longer, drier periods are punctuated by very intense storm events.

4. Barnaby Martin:

   If there’s one metric that defines or reflects how much investors need to reach for yield, it is this negative real yield backdrop, the irony is that even buying high yield debt doesn’t help you beat inflation in Europe at the moment. It really reflects how much the ECB is keeping a lid on fixed income.

5. Juliette Kayyem:

   The irony is not lost on law enforcement, the very politicians who say they support the police and are against crime are the same politicians who deny us responsible gun reform legislation or any means to get this weaponry off the streets.

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