"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

(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

1. terrible irony = straszna ironia terrible irony

2. painful irony = przykra ironia painful irony

3. horrible irony = okropna ironia horrible irony

4. dreadful irony = fatalna ironia dreadful irony

5. awful irony = okropna ironia awful irony

Dumarest asked with awful irony, and Palmer-Levy flushed.
His last thought before losing consciousness was to acknowledge the awful irony: he had found the Arcana only to lose them again.
And the awful irony of it is, Marmion was loyal, after a fashion.
She wrote about the awful ironies that crushed women's dreams.
Bahzell demanded with awful irony, and the Bloody Sword laughed.
The awful irony here is that tennis may have become a game full of personalities but without an identity.
It would be an awful irony to waken from half a decade of judicial sleep only in order to have a heart attack and die.
The awful irony is that his hunt is based on a supposition that may not be true.
I thought about the awful irony.
I use this last word with awful irony.

(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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