"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 16
(5) ultimate, final
Kolokacji: 2
(7) sad, tragic, bittersweet
Kolokacji: 3
(9) gentle, mild, far
Kolokacji: 3
(10) historical, real
Kolokacji: 2
(11) apparent, obvious
Kolokacji: 2
(13) strange, curious
Kolokacji: 2
1. considerable irony = znacząca ironia considerable irony
2. deep irony = głęboka ironia deep irony
3. cosmic irony = kosmiczna ironia cosmic irony
4. rich irony = bogata ironia rich irony
  • Oh, rich irony that, after the times you've told me what to do.
  • Miss Stritch, in a beautifully controlled performance, delivers the film's best lines with rich irony.
  • It's a rich irony that the change from 1 to 2 occurred under the last Tory government who, at the same time, were bitterly opposed to it.
  • Indeed, by a rich irony, the only significant auxiliary forces available to the Pentagon today are none other than the British Army.
  • But the Hemings tree has its richest irony in its founding.
  • But embedded in Frankel's column is a rich digital irony.
  • But oh, what a rich irony it was that he had fallen in love with her!
  • I'm guessing you have no idea of the rich irony contained within that malapropism.
  • The liberating effect of glasnost has added rich ironies to this historiography.
  • To his credit, Wachtler does not ignore the rich ironies of his situation.
5. interesting irony = interesująca ironia interesting irony
preposición + irony
Kolokacji: 9
of irony • with irony • without irony • in irony • for irony • ...

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