"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

(13) strange, curious

Kolokacji: 2

1. strange irony = dziwna ironia strange irony

2. curious irony = ciekawa ironia curious irony

It is a curious irony that Europe's last two great colonies will give a vivid demonstration of the world's new, and highly significant, power.
What curious irony this was; to be served, bathed and waited on by Ronald Cameron's daughter.
There was a curious irony to being left behind here, even if the very thought of it made Laura break into a sweat.
"There is a curious irony to our situation."
They had caught a curious irony in Dort's laugh.
Here, by curious irony, the one danger that Barcomb had encountered when scurrying back to the dining room now could be used to support his statement.
Once I saw that his eyes were fixed on Blanche Stroeve, and there was in them a curious irony.
Being boiled in their own cooking-pot must have been a curious irony.
As others have pointed out a curious irony that he leaves the same time as the US withdraws from Iraq.
There is a curious irony about all this.

(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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