"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

1. cruel irony = okrutna ironia cruel irony

2. subtle irony = cienka ironia subtle irony

3. savage irony = bezlitosna ironia savage irony

There was a kind of savage irony in his voice, and the dark eyes seared her.
With savage irony, when she was in the depths of despair, the tide of publicity turned against her.
The world knows him as a revolutionary writer whose savage irony has laid bare the rottenness of the most respectable institutions.
Hardly something England would wish to fall into Spain's hands, he thought with savage irony.
Missing the savage irony of her name.
"Of course it will," said the duke of Talair with savage irony.
Philip replied to this in a tone of savage irony.
Several of them laughed in surprise at the savage irony of it.
Thank the joss, he thought with savage irony, the northpolar doting tube is so close to here.
A truly savage irony, on which it is discomfiting to dwell.

4. poignant irony = cierpka ironia poignant irony

(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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