Dictionary entry

Irony

Pronunciation: /ˈʌɪrəni/

Pronunciation

/ˈʌɪrəni/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ဇောက်ထိုးစကား

Definition

irony /'aÇrǝni/ n ၁။ [U] ေဇာက္ထိုးစကား။ ‘That's really lovely, that is!’ he said with heavy irony. Compare SARCASM ၂။ [U, C] (ကံၾကမၼာ၏) လွည့္ကြက္။ the irony of fate ❍ one of life's little ironies.

Examples

  1. ‘You’ve been so kind
  2. ’ she said
  3. her voice heavy with irony.
  4. [a touch/trace/hint of irony] : His writing contains a cheerful touch of irony.
  5. [tragic/bitter/cruel irony] : By a cruel irony
  6. General Franklin was killed at the very moment of his army’s great victory.
  7. [the irony (of something) is that] : The irony is that it would have been faster to have taken the back roads after all.