See irony on Wiktionary
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],
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{
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{
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"ref": "1916, Report, volume 24, New Hampshire. State Department of Health, page 256:",
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"ref": "1919, William Cowper Brann, The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast, volume 11, page 41:",
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"alt": "はんご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hango",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "反語"
},
{
"alt": "ふうし",
"code": "ja",
"english": "satire",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fūshi",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "aironī",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "アイロニー"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
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"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "ирония"
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{
"alt": "反語",
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "baneo",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "반어"
},
{
"alt": "諷刺",
"code": "ko",
"english": "satire",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pungja",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"tags": [
"sarcastic"
],
"word": "풍자"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ironiya",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "ирония"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ironija"
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{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
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],
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ironija",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "иронија"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "kōrero takahiri"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "kōrori"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ironi"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "govâže",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "گواژه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "estehzâ",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "استهزا"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kenâye",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "کنایه"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "rišxand",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "ریشخند"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ironia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ironia"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "ironie"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "irónija",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "иро́ния"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
],
"word": "иро̀нија"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"tags": [
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"word": "irònija"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ironija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ironía"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "libak"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "parikala"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "istehzo",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "истеҳзо"
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{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "rišxand",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "ришханд"
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{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "kinoya",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "киноя"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gaan-fɛ̌ɛng-nai",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "การแฝงนัย"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kam-dɛ̀ɛk-dan",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"tags": [
"sarcastic"
],
"word": "คำแดกดัน"
},
{
"code": "th",
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"roman": "kam-tàak-tǎang",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"tags": [
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"word": "คำถากถาง"
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{
"code": "th",
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"roman": "kam-bprà-chót",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"tags": [
"sarcastic"
],
"word": "คำประชด"
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{
"code": "th",
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"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kam-yə́əi-yǎn",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "คำเย้ยหยัน"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "tezat"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
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"word": "іро́нія"
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"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "istehzā",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "اِسْتِہْزا"
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"code": "ug",
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"roman": "ironiye",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "ئىرونىيە"
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"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "kinaye",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "كىنايە"
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"code": "ug",
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"roman": "tene",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "تەنە"
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"code": "uz",
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"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "istehzo"
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "kinoya"
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "ironiya"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "giống thép"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally",
"word": "giống gang"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "irónija",
"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "іро́нія"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "irónija",
"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
"tags": [
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"word": "иро́ния"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ironia"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ironie"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ironie"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
"tags": [
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"word": "het ironische"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
"word": "ironia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ironie du sort"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ironie"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "eironeía",
"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ειρωνεία"
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{
"code": "hi",
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"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
"word": "विडंबना"
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"code": "ia",
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"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
"word": "ironia"
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"code": "lv",
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "ironija",
"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
"tags": [
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
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"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "condition contrary to expectations",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ironie"
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"lang": "Russian",
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"code": "sh",
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"text": "Thus in Cornwall, and many parts of Germany and France, in mineral districts, an irony appearance of a vein, where seen at the crop, is regarded as favourable.",
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"ref": "1916, Report, volume 24, New Hampshire. State Department of Health, page 256:",
"text": "E. W. Baker, Main St. - No odor, good appearance, slight irony taste; pressure weak. But water which had stood in wash pitcher some three or four days showed pronounced odor.",
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"ref": "1919, William Cowper Brann, The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast, volume 11, page 41:",
"text": "There can be no doubt that persistent biking robs the female limb of its graceful contour and substitutes therefore the rugged protrusive muscles, the ungainly and irony look of the masculine leg.",
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"ref": "1927, “Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission on Agriculture”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Great Britain. Royal Commission on Agriculture in India, page 210:",
"text": "It [overgrazing] eventually causes a particularly hard irony surface to the soil which is perfectly unmistakable once you have seen it , and also certain weeds which are also unmistakable once you have seen them.",
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"ref": "2012, Jenny Joseph, Led By The Nose: A Garden of Smells:",
"text": "Raspberries raw, stewing, jamming, pulping, take over my house during July, overlaying the richer, more irony smell of the blackcurrant – a contralto to a soprano.",
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"ref": "2016, Shazia Ameerun, A First Move:",
"text": "There was nothing left, besides just the pile of files on my desk, and the irony look on Catherine's face.",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "železen",
"sense": "of or pertaining to iron",
"word": "железен"
},
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "of or pertaining to iron",
"word": "ijzerachtig"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of or pertaining to iron",
"word": "ijzerhoudend"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of or pertaining to iron",
"word": "ferreux"
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"sense": "of or pertaining to iron",
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"word": "σιδερένιος"
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "of or pertaining to iron",
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"word": "σιδηρούς"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of or pertaining to iron",
"word": "vasas"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to iron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "żelazny"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "of or pertaining to iron",
"word": "ferroso"
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"sense": "of or pertaining to iron",
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"sense": "of or pertaining to iron",
"word": "železový"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "of or pertaining to iron",
"word": "železitý"
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "of or pertaining to iron",
"word": "železný"
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{
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"word": "férreo"
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