Irony

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{i} hiciv
{i} insana alay gibi gelen bir tesadüf
gizli alay
(Felsefe) alaysılama
ince alay

Ses tonu öfke ve ince alayı gösterebilir. - Tone of voice can indicate anger and irony.

ironi

Tom ironiyi ya da alaycılığı anlamıyor. - Tom doesn't understand irony or sarcasm.

Yaptığım ironiyi anlamayan tek kişi sensin. - You're the only one who didn't understand the irony of what I said.

istihza
demire benzer
{i} tersini söyleyerek alay etme
{i} alay

Tom ironiyi ya da alaycılığı anlamıyor. - Tom doesn't understand irony or sarcasm.

Ses tonu öfke ve ince alayı gösterebilir. - Tone of voice can indicate anger and irony.

kastolunan şeyin aksini söylemekten ibaret bir çeşit kinaye
demirli
{i} rastlantı
dramatic irony bir piyeste karakterin bilmediği fakat seyircinin
demirden yapılmış
irony of fate kaderin cilvesi
demir
demirimsi
English - English
Ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist; Socratic irony
A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, notably as a form of humor
Of or pertaining to the metal iron

The food had an irony taste to it.

Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play
censure or ridicule under cover of praise or compliment
Irony is a subtle form of humour which involves saying things that you do not mean. Sinclair examined the closed, clever face for any hint of irony, but found none
A device by which a writer expresses a meaning contradictory to the stated or ostensible one (used to achieve special rhetorical or artistic effects)
two separate and contrasting levels of meaning embedded in one message
At its most basic, a difference or gap between the presentation/representation of something and its reality In other words, when what something appears to be and what it is are not the same Irony can be engaged or detached: Engaged irony uses the gaps between reality and representation to make a point or expose something; detached irony exploits gaps for immediate effect, like humor, satire or surface criticism Irony can also occur at different levels of a text; for instance, verbal irony would occur at the level of the word or sentence, where double meanings come into play; dramatic irony would occur at the level of the plot, where events and action are constructed in a way to take the reader in one direction while the reality is something else (a technique often found with 1st person unreliable narrators and 3rd person privileged narrators)
a general definition: suggesting more than is actually said saying one thing and meaning another (verbal irony) seeing contradictions between the way things appear and what they really represent (an ironic world view), and exposing those contradictions (satirical irony) recognizing that human beings are nothing more than the playthings of fate or God - revealing the Catch-22 nature of human existence, such as the habit of striving for an ideal which cannot be met (cosmic irony)
Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles
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"--Johathan Swift
The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; an expression marked by such a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated" a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
The mythos (sense 2) of the literature concerned primarily with a "realistic" level of experience, usually taking the form of a parody or contrasting analogue to romance Such irony may be tragic or comic in its main emphasis; when comic it is normally identical with the usual meaning of satire
The suggestion of the opposite, or nearly the opposite, as in saying that being caught in a freezing downpour is "delightful "
stating something by saying another quite different thing, sometimes its opposite An example is Sir Thomas Wyatt's "And I have leave to go, of her goodness" from his "They flee from me "
{i} sarcasm, speech or writing which is intended to communicate a meaning contrary to its literal sense; contrast between what is expected or desired and reality
this means that something is the opposite of the meaning of the words, for example 'a fine mess' 'Fine' usually means something good, but in this case it means a bad mess
a difference between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected results
If you talk about the irony of a situation, you mean that it is odd or amusing because it involves a contrast. The irony is that many officials in Washington agree in private that their policy is inconsistent. Language device in which the real intent is concealed or contradicted by the literal meaning of words or a situation. Verbal irony, either spoken or written, arises from an awareness of contrast between what is and what ought to be. Dramatic irony, an incongruity in a theatrical work between what is expected and what occurs, depends on the structure of a play rather than its use of words, and it is often created by the audience's awareness of a fate in store for the characters that they themselves do not suspect. See also figure of speech
[noun]: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs [Characterization]
The quality or state of an event being both coincidental and contradictory in a humorous or poignant and extremely improbable way
a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
techniques that involve surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions
Resembling iron in taste, hardness, or other physical property
the use of words to express something different from and often quite opposite to their literal meaning
In literary criticism, the effect of language in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated The title of Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is ironic because what Swift proposes in this essay is cannibalism hardly "modest "
Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist
saying [or writing] one thing, whilst meaning the opposite
A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean the opposite of what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention
expression that comes across contrary to the intended meaning, often because the audience knows what the speaker does not
saying something, but meaning the opposite E g , "that Mustang Cobra is really bad " Usually irony is not deceptive; the audience is supposed to realize what the speaker really means But irony can also be used to keep some of the audience, those who don't "get it," in the dark Because Socrates used irony this way, he is often called "the ironic man," famous for "Socratic irony " Some have argued that Paul also deserves the title
the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meeting
a method of expression in which the intended meaning of the words is the direct opposite of their usual sense Example: "The speaker was using irony when he said that the stupid plan was 'very clever '" Irony can also mean a combination of circumstances or a result that is the opposite of what might be expected or considered appropriate
The use of language to express something quite different from or opposite to its literal meaning
A striking contrast between the apparent and the real situation or between what a character says and what the reader knows  
incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"
A literary device that uses contradictory statements to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true
is a result different from the expected
the difference between how you might expect something to be and how it actually is, for example when the slaves in The Two Generals like the brother who believes in slavery more than the one who would set them free
a situation or statement characterized by a significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant See cosmic irony and dramatic irony Close Window
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

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{a} made of or like iron, hard
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{n} a meaning contrary to words spoken
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