"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

Let my name be something More than a terrible irony.
In fact there could even be a terrible irony in all this.
"It was a terrible irony that administration officials were the ones who destroyed my cover," she said, and did so "from purely political motives."
The terrible irony was that the only significant mistake would come about if Scofield won.
But then I realized the terrible irony of the situation.
The terrible irony was that it had all been for nothing.
But the final, terrible irony of her life was worse.
He saw a terrible, bitter irony in his current situation.
Such simplicity pulls against the terrible irony at the movie's end.
Thus in a spiritual sense, history served up a terrible irony at the start of the Zionist enterprise.

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

(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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