"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 • ...

frequent collocations

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

1. great irony = wielka ironia great irony

2. heavy irony = mocna ironia heavy irony

3. little irony = mało ironii little irony

4. small irony = niewielka ironia small irony

5. central irony = główna ironia central irony

And it is the central irony of our present estate that even the attempt, let alone the successful attempt, has forever removed us from being able to read simply.
The central irony that more travel reduces the allure of a place predates late-20th century concerns about habitat loss and cultural interference, of course.
Neither Woodward nor Martin quite addresses the central irony of the Greenspan era.
But the central irony about him is that it was not only the Norwegian people that rejected him: even the majority of Norwegian fascists didn't want him.
The central irony of the series' title was that the two friends had names which actually better suited the other:
That they seem so far apart today is perhaps the cruel, central irony of Mr. Dinkins's administration.
Thus "Scrivner distills a reductive and absurdest scenario and exposes the self-defeating central ironies of over-regulated commissioning processes."
Here is the central irony of the play: Henry's Christian goodness produces evil.
It is one of the central ironies of my career that as soon as I got off heroin, things started getting really bad.

6. slight irony = drobna ironia slight irony

(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

preposición + irony

Kolokacji: 9

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

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