"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

(14) considerable, deep, cosmic, rich, interesting

Kolokacji: 5

(15) exquisite, fine, nice, delicate

Kolokacji: 4

(16) unconscious, unintended, unintentional

Kolokacji: 3

1. unconscious irony = nieświadoma ironia unconscious irony

2. unintended irony = mimowolna ironia unintended irony

3. unintentional irony = niezamierzona ironia unintentional irony

It must be unintentional irony when Mark has Jesus predict that this story will always be told in memory of a woman whose very name escapes him.
Carrard's comments held unintentional irony.
In view of how Hardin's life would end, this was an unintentional irony on his part.
With apparently unintentional irony, the settling in of peace here was celebrated with the sounds of war.
The man with no memory understood the unintentional irony of the captain's words.
Was this unintentional irony?
She smiled at the unintentional irony.
How could you explain Zolraag's unintentional irony?
Seigl's failure to cut it as a likable man is perhaps unintentional irony.
Rayford fell silent, and he could tell Chloe was struck by her own unintentional irony.

preposición + irony

Kolokacji: 9

of irony • with irony • without irony • in irony • for irony • ...

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