"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

Michael's writing is characterized by its humor, painful irony, empathy and tolerance.
There was nothing for him but a painful irony in their raucous clamour.
The painful ironies of these two objectifications come across very well.
It was a painful irony: foreign surgeons were always going to be inexperienced, but no one else had so much time on their hands.
But he will not be in St. Petersburg to witness the event, perhaps the most painful irony of this affair.
And there is no more painful irony to contemplate in all the events of his life than the way his own "cursed" family evolved.
That sounds like an excruciatingly painful irony to me.
He is more comfortable with painful ironies than occasional points of light.
That to me is the painful irony of what is happening.
There is painful irony here for Kelly and his wife, Jill.

3. horrible irony = okropna ironia horrible irony

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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