(n) witty language used to convey insults or scorn; ; ; --Jonathan Swift, Syn. caustic remark, irony, satire, Example: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
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1. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles; -- In this sense iron is the more common term. [ R. ] Woodward. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
2. Resembling iron in taste, hardness, or other physical property. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ironia, Gr. &unr_; dissimulation, fr. &unr_; a dissembler in speech, fr. &unr_; to speak; perh. akin to E. word: cf. F. ironie. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]