Word Meaning

irony definition and meaning

a. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.
a. Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property.
n. Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
n. 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.

Crossword clues for irony

- Apparent incongruity
- Incongruity
- Incongruity resembling ferrous metal?
- Perverse humour
- Sarcasm
- Satirical use of words
- Speech with double meaning
- swift quality
- Twist of fate