"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
1. delicious irony = doskonała ironia delicious irony
2. sweet irony = słodka ironia sweet irony
3. comic irony = komiczna ironia comic irony
4. wry irony = cierpka ironia wry irony
5. amusing irony = rozśmieszając ironię amusing irony
6. postmodern irony = postmodernistyczna ironia postmodern irony
  • Out of historical respect and postmodern irony, gallery owners are ordering amused workers to preserve the peeling Mao slogans as they resurface the concrete walls.
  • And, thankfully, the hint of postmodern irony erodes the prevailing piety of his work.
  • Here, he gives us neo-classicism straight, without even a whiff of postmodern irony.
  • There is a certain postmodern irony to Leibowitz's rooms.
  • There is an element of postmodern irony to these collaborations that seems a bit out of character for Mr. Miyake.
  • The secret to the success of these magazines, in other words, is that old-fashioned leering is covered with a patina of postmodern irony.
  • Presumably, though, they're not all middle class graduates with a keen sense of postmodern irony.
  • But at the same time he has built so much postmodern irony into his film that it's hard to know where satire stops and sincerity begins.
  • However, a common positive theme of current attempts to define post-postmodernism is that faith, trust, dialogue, performance and sincerity can work to transcend postmodern irony.
  • In the opposite gallery, clarity and postmodern irony mingle with military precision.
(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
preposición + irony
Kolokacji: 9
of irony • with irony • without irony • in irony • for irony • ...

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