"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

The horrible irony was that my brother was convicted of the murder-and he was innocent.
He was filled only with a deep bitter anger and a sense of horrible irony.
These words take on a horrible irony in this context.
Jaime grinned, a grin that held a horrible irony.
This is the horrible irony he carried with him and kept secret until the day he died.
The horrible irony is that the fear avoiders are setting themselves up for big changes because they're confused.
And the horrible irony was that most of Sherman's charges were of normal intelligence.
The horrible irony of this second rejection brought her chin up.
A horrible irony if Obama is then defeated.
The horrible irony of his fate lay in his position - only a few feet from the saving exit he had failed to find.

4. dreadful irony = fatalna ironia dreadful irony

5. awful irony = okropna ironia 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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