"irony" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

irony sustantivo

irony + verbo

Kolokacji: 5

irony strikes • irony escapes • irony lies • Irony abounds • irony makes

verbo + irony

Kolokacji: 5

irony is lost • use irony • find irony • detect irony • lack irony

adjetivo + irony

Kolokacji: 58

bitter irony • great irony • certain irony • cruel irony • heavy irony • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 3

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 16

(1) bitter, grim, dark, sharp, unfortunate

Kolokacji: 5

1. bitter irony = gorzka ironia bitter irony

But he had still to face two extreme tests, in one of which lay a bitter irony.
In a way, she supposed it had a kind of bitter irony.
It would have been a bitter irony, had I cared.
Then she added with bitter irony, "But of course, he couldn't do it the other way around."
This was always the bitter irony in such cases, she couldn't help but think.
In the last few weeks, the bitter irony of Argentina's situation has become almost too much to bear.
"Turn things around," said Sherman in what was meant as bitter irony.
The bitter irony was that the whole plan had been her idea right from the start.
He saw a terrible, bitter irony in his current situation.
But in saying this, she could not keep the bitter irony out of her voice.

2. grim irony = ponura ironia grim irony

3. dark irony = gniewna ironia dark irony

4. sharp irony = ostra ironia sharp irony

5. unfortunate irony = ironia nieszczęśnika unfortunate irony

(2) great, heavy, little, small, central, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(3) certain, deliberate, particular

Kolokacji: 3

(4) cruel, subtle, savage, poignant

Kolokacji: 4

(5) ultimate, final

Kolokacji: 2

(6) delicious, sweet, comic, wry, amusing, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(7) sad, tragic, bittersweet

Kolokacji: 3

(8) dramatic, greatest, wonderful

Kolokacji: 3

(9) gentle, mild, far

Kolokacji: 3

(10) historical, real

Kolokacji: 2

(11) apparent, obvious

Kolokacji: 2

(12) terrible, painful, horrible, dreadful, awful

Kolokacji: 5

(13) strange, curious

Kolokacji: 2

(14) considerable, deep, cosmic, rich, interesting

Kolokacji: 5

(15) exquisite, fine, nice, delicate

Kolokacji: 4

(16) unconscious, unintended, unintentional

Kolokacji: 3

preposición + irony

Kolokacji: 9

of irony • with irony • without irony • in irony • for irony • ...

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