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Irony Pronunciation

Pronounce Irony as IY R OW N Y.

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    Irony phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'irony'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of irony: /ɪroʊnj/
    • Modern IPA representation of irony: /ɪrɒnʌ/

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    List of meaning for irony

    a state of affairs that is contrary to what is expected and is therefore amusing.

    sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remark(noun)

    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"--Jonathan Swift

    irony(noun)

    incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs

    "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"

    irony(noun)

    a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

    a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what is expected

    We got a good chuckle seeing their tow truck being towed away, but our friends failed to see the irony.

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    irony in sentence

    1. 6. I told my daughter that defining her bad behavior as a form of irony was not going to get her out of trouble.

    2. The irony is that the roof keeps leaking because all these rains continue to thwart any chance of repair.

    3. 3. There is a great irony to the adventurer’s fate, as he was searching for eternal youth only to die at an extremely young age.

    4. 9. One cannot deny the irony of Americans detesting imperialism despite their very imperialistic origins.

    5. 4. Because I could not detect any irony in Jason’s tone, I knew he was serious.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term irony

    I consider it an irony that you have one of the most contagious viruses known to man juxtaposed against one of the most effective vaccines they have, yet we don't do and have not done what could be done - namely eliminate eradicate the virus.

    – Anthony Fauci

    To me, the irony of this involvement with size, as I observed earlier, is the unwillingness or inability of so many Americans to identify themselves with something as vast as the United States. Bigger cars, bigger parking lots, bigger corporate structures, bigger farms, bigger drug stores, bigger supermarkets, bigger motion-picture screens. The tangible and the functional expand, while the intangible and the beautiful shrink. Left to wither is the national purpose, national educational needs, literature and theater, and our critical faculties. The national dialogue is gradually being lost in a froth of misleading self-congratulation and cliche. National needs and interests are slowly being submerged by the national preoccupation with the irrelevant.

    – J. William Fulbright

    The irony is that we are busy doing many things that don’t matter and we have no time for things that do. Shouldn’t we reverse it?-RVM #Inspiration #Stayinspired #WednesdayWisdom

    – RVM

    A man who has loads of money appears to have many so-called supporters in terms of friends especially a lot of women, fans, family relatives,followers online ; but the biggest irony is that he can't trust truly any of them.

    – Anuj Somany

    Things are going to be more optimistic in the future, and the irony of this whole collapse is that it creates an easier comparable for the future, it basically is resetting the bar to make the story, at least for investors, more attractive.

    – Gene Munster

    A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.

    – Jessamyn West

    The great irony of the Obama presidency is this, someone who came to office, promising greater engagement with the world has left America less influential in the world, everywhere you look, you see the world slipping out of control.

    – Jeb Bush

    There are people who are dancing through Life and others who are crying through Life. The irony is that Life is the same—what we do is purely our Choice.

    – RVM

    The irony is that the more a person makes the people aware honestly of something not worth for doing it; more number of people is most likely to do it more aggressively the same thing.

    – Anuj Somany

    Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

    – Agnes Repplier

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