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Crossword-Solution: IRONY 5 letters, 349 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

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Word Word Type Definition
Irony a. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as,
irony chains; irony particles.
Irony a. Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property.
Irony n. Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of
confounding or provoking an antagonist.
Irony n. A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts a
mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of
the words.

We have 349 clues for the answer “IRONY”

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"A free ride when you've already paid" is an example of it, according to Alanis Morissette 1 answer
"Dramatic" literary device 1 answer
"Gift of the Magi" device 1 answer
"Gulliver's Travels" feature 1 answer
"Honesty with the volume cranked up," per George Saunders 1 answer
"I'm clueless," for instance (considering the context) 1 answer
"Oedipus Rex" literary device 1 answer
"Seinfeld" device 1 answer
"The Gift of the Magi" device 1 answer
"The Gift of the Magi" feature 1 answer
"The Gift of the Magi" plot device 1 answer
"The Gift of the Magi" quality 1 answer
"The Twilight Zone" plot device 1 answer
"The Twilight Zone" specialty 1 answer
"The Wizard of Oz" device 1 answer
"The gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom," per Anatole France 1 answer
"What doubt is to science, ___ is to personal life": Søren Kierkegaard 1 answer
"___ is wasted on the stupid": Oscar Wilde 1 answer
Saying the opposite of what you mean, often for humorous effect 1 answer
A car thief's car getting stolen, e.g. 1 answer
A fire station burning down, e.g. 1 answer
A form of wry humor. 1 answer
A klutz named Grace, e.g. 1 answer
A literary incongruity 1 answer
A prophet being blind, e.g. 1 answer
A sign that says "No signs allowed," e.g. 1 answer
A sort of ridicule. 1 answer
A state of affairs the reverse of what was expected. 1 answer
Adolph Coors III's allergy to beer, e.g. 1 answer
An anarchist working for the government, e.g. 1 answer
Antonym of "earnestness" 1 answer
Apt twist of fate, in literature 1 answer
Arch writing 1 answer
Asteism 1 answer
Bitter stuff 1 answer
Bitter wit 1 answer
Certain literary device 1 answer
Cheating on an ethics exam, e.g. 1 answer
Choking on a Life Saver, e.g. 1 answer
Common literary device 1 answer
Complaining about social media on Facebook, say 1 answer
Cop committing a crime, e.g. 1 answer
Device common on "Seinfeld" 1 answer
Device commonly used in "The Twilight Zone" 1 answer
Device of Socrates. 1 answer
Device of the wryly humorous 1 answer
Device used by O. Henry 1 answer
Discomforting wit. 1 answer
Dissimulation of a sort 1 answer
Doctor going to work sick, e.g. 1 answer
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EAETR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with IRONY (5)

Vous êtes très savante, ma fille.” He patted her yellow turban, calling, “Venez donc, mes garçons! Il y a ici une véritable clairvoyante!” Marie was clever at fortune-telling, indulging in a light irony that amused the crowd.
O Pioneers! Willa Cather 1991
Even then Boldwood did not recognize that the impersonator of Heaven’s persistent irony towards him, who had once before broken in upon his bliss, scourged him, and snatched his delight away, had come to do these things a second time.
Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 1992
Dry humor, irony, puns, and a mildly flippant attitude are highly valued --- but an underlying seriousness and intelligence are essential.
The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 Various 1992
Perhaps things have come out better for you than if we had planned them knowingly.” “You mean they have _if_ I can sing.” Thea spoke with a heavy irony, so heavy, indeed, that it was coarse.
The Song of the Lark Willa Cather 1992
But how is it that you wear the golden hair and the jewelled circlet of a Holy Thern?” He emphasized the word holy with a touch of irony.
The Gods of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993

Quotes with IRONY (3)

The most dangerous irony is, people are angry with others because of their own incompetence.
Amit Kalantri Wealth of Words
Would you like me to [kill you] now?" asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony. "Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?
J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.
Don DeLillo White Noise
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Appears in: AARP, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Custom, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 473 times in crossword archives (1947–2025).