Tone of voice can indicate anger and irony.
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Irony
//ˈaɪə.ɹən.i//
Synonyms for "irony" (90 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
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3 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
12 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
Translations
137 translations across 57 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ironi noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Arabic
4 entries- اِسْتِهْزَاء noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- تَعَارُض noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- تَنَافُر noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- تَهَكُّم noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Armenian
2 entries- իրոնիա noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- հեգնանք noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- istehza noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- kinayə noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- rişxənd noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Belarusian
2 entries- іро́нія noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- іро́нія noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Bulgarian
3 entries- железен adj (of or pertaining to iron)
- иро́ния noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- иро́ния noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Catalan
2 entries- ironia noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ironia noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 反話 /反话 noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- 反語 /反语 noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- 諷刺 /讽刺 noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Czech
2 entries- ironie noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ironie noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Danish
2 entries- ironi noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ironi noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Dutch
4 entries- ijzerachtig adj (of or pertaining to iron)
- ijzerhoudend adj (of or pertaining to iron)
- het ironische noun (condition contrary to expectations)
- ironie noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Esperanto
1 entries- ironio noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Estonian
1 entries- iroonia noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Finnish
2 entries- ironia noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ironia noun (condition contrary to expectations)
French
3 entries- ferreux adj (of or pertaining to iron)
- ironie noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ironie du sort noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Galician
2 entries- ironía noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- retranca noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Georgian
1 entries- ირონია noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
German
2 entries- Ironie noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- Ironie noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Greek
4 entries- σιδερένιος adj (of or pertaining to iron)
- σιδηρούς adj (of or pertaining to iron)
- ειρωνεία noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ειρωνεία noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Hebrew
1 entries- אִירוֹנְיָה noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Hindi
4 entries- विडंबना noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- विडंबना noun (condition contrary to expectations)
- विडम्बना noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- व्यंग्य noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Hungarian
2 entries- vasas adj (of or pertaining to iron)
- irónia noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Icelandic
1 entries- írónía noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Indonesian
1 entries- ironi noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Interlingua
2 entries- ironia noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ironia noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Irish
1 entries- íoróin noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Italian
2 entries- ironia noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- paradosso noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Japanese
3 entries- アイロニー noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- 反語 noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- 諷刺 noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Kazakh
1 entries- ирония noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Korean
2 entries- 반어 noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- 풍자 noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ирония noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Latvian
2 entries- ironija noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ironija noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ironija noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Macedonian
2 entries- иронија noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- иронија noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Māori
2 entries- kōrero takahiri noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- kōrori noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ironi noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- skjebnens ironi noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ironi noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Persian
4 entries- استهزا noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ریشخند noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- کنایه noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- گواژه noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Polish
3 entries- żelazny adj (of or pertaining to iron)
- ironia noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ironia noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Portuguese
3 entries- ferroso adj (of or pertaining to iron)
- ironia noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ironia noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Romanian
3 entries- feros adj (of or pertaining to iron)
- ironie noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ironie noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Russian
2 entries- иро́ния noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- иро́ния noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- irònija noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- irònija noun (condition contrary to expectations)
- иро̀нија noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- иро̀нија noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Slovak
4 entries- železitý adj (of or pertaining to iron)
- železný adj (of or pertaining to iron)
- železový adj (of or pertaining to iron)
- irónia noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Slovene
2 entries- ironija noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ironija noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Spanish
3 entries- férreo adj (of or pertaining to iron)
- ironía noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ironía noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Swedish
2 entries- ironi noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ironi noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Tagalog
2 entries- libak noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- parikala noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Tajik
3 entries- истеҳзо noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- киноя noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ришханд noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Tamil
2 entries- இரும்பு adj (of or pertaining to iron)
- வஞ்சப்புகழ்ச்சி noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Thai
4 entries- การแฝงนัย noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- คำถากถาง noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- คำประชด noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- คำประชดประชัน noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Turkish
4 entries- ironi noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- ironi noun (condition contrary to expectations)
- istihza noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- tezat noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Ukrainian
2 entries- іро́нія noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- іро́нія noun (condition contrary to expectations)
Urdu
1 entries- اِسْتِہْزا noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Uyghur
3 entries- ئىرونىيە noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- تەنە noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- كىنايە noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Uzbek
3 entries- ironiya noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- istehzo noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- kinoya noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Vietnamese
2 entries- giống gang noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
- giống thép noun (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
There was a touch of irony in his speech.
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She will perceive his irony.
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"Literally" can literally mean "metaphorically". "Literal" meaning "metaphorical" is also a literal irony.
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Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.
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