"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 16
1. bitter irony = gorzka ironia bitter irony
2. grim irony = ponura ironia grim irony
3. dark irony = gniewna ironia dark irony
  • It's a dark subtle irony for an era of decline.
  • There was no laughter at the edge of his mouth, no dark irony in his eyes.
  • Still, dark irony is not a big seller with voters, and when translated into "Mean Bob Dole" it can be deadly.
  • She uses steely systems of dark irony as though she invented them.
  • The series was marked by a sense of dark irony, its haunting title music, and the intermingling of horror with the commonplace.
  • There's a dark irony, of course, that Saviano lives no less a captive's existence than any convicted camorrista.
  • There was some dark irony in Ms. Vola being the victim of a sweeping tragedy.
  • A dark irony, and pity, sparked in their depths.
  • There was a dark irony, he thought, that every time Nightingale touched down on this world, people died.
  • However, he had to admit there was a certain dark irony to the situation.
4. sharp irony = ostra ironia sharp irony
5. unfortunate irony = ironia nieszczęśnika unfortunate irony
(5) ultimate, final
Kolokacji: 2
(7) sad, tragic, bittersweet
Kolokacji: 3
(9) gentle, mild, far
Kolokacji: 3
(10) historical, real
Kolokacji: 2
(11) apparent, obvious
Kolokacji: 2
(13) strange, curious
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + irony
Kolokacji: 9
of irony • with irony • without irony • in irony • for irony • ...

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