"ironic" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

ironic adjetivo

ironic + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 67
ironic twist • ironic smile • ironic tone • ironic humor • ironic comment • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
1. ironic twist = ironiczny skręt ironic twist
2. ironic turn = ironiczna kolej ironic turn
3. ironic effect = ironiczny efekt ironic effect
  • Feminism had the ironic effect of freeing men up to spend more money on ourselves.
  • Thus the dust of madness has the ironic effect of canceling itself, in this limited instance.
  • Wegner found that the ironic effect is stronger when people are stressed or depressed.
  • At other times, she juxtaposed on-screen images with people in the theaters, usually for ironic effect.
  • Sometimes the films make overt, winking reference to this role reversal, milking it for its ironic effect.
  • "Before the Rain" uses such juxtapositions with chilling authority, to powerfully ironic effect.
  • Ms. Anderson also uses a similarly rational tone to even more ironic effect.
  • But here his use of the expression is used to much more ironic effect.
  • If so, that would be a bitterly ironic effect for a bill intended to help pornography victims.
  • But protecting individual investors today has the ironic effect of perpetuating their informational disadvantage.
4. ironic result = ironiczny wynik ironic result
5. ironic reversal = ironiczne odwrócenie ironic reversal
6. ironic coincidence = ironiczny zbieg okoliczności ironic coincidence
7. ironic glint = ironiczny błysk ironic glint
8. ironic fate = ironiczny los ironic fate
(7) detachment, distance
Kolokacji: 2
(9) sense, sensibility
Kolokacji: 2
(10) amusement, salute, cheer
Kolokacji: 3
(11) contrast, glance, edge
Kolokacji: 3
(12) intent, intention
Kolokacji: 2
(13) attitude, stance, perspective
Kolokacji: 3
adverbio + ironic
Kolokacji: 24
somewhat ironic • particularly ironic • slightly ironic • most ironic • bitterly ironic • ...
ironic + preposición
Kolokacji: 3
ironic in • ironic about • ironic to

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