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irony
[ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-] 
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irony
[ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
| Synonyms: | banter, burlesque, contempt, contrariness, criticism, derision, humor, incongruity, jibe, mockery, mordancy, paradox, quip, raillery, repartee, reproach, ridicule, sardonicism, satire, taunt, twist, wit |
| Antonyms: | consideration, deference |
| Main Entry: | parody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imitation, spoof |
| Synonyms: | apology, burlesque, caricature, cartoon, copy, derision, farce, irony, jest, joke, lampoon, mime, mimicry, misrepresentation, mock-heroic, mockery, pastiche, play-on, raillery, rib, ridicule, roast, satire, send-up, skit, takeoff, travesty |
| Antonyms: | reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | repartee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasant conversation |
| Synonyms: | answer, badinage, banter, bon mot, comeback, humor, irony, persiflage, pleasantry, quip, raillery, rejoinder, reply, response, retort, riposte, sally, sarcasm, satire, wit, witticism, wittiness, wordplay |
| Antonyms: | argument, disagreement, fight |
| Main Entry: | ridicule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contemptuous laughter at someone or something |
| Synonyms: | badinage, banter, buffoonery, burlesque, caricature, chaff, comeback, contempt, derision, dig*, disdain, disparagement, farce, foolery, gibe, irony, jab, jeer, laughter, leer, mockery, mordancy, needling, parody, parting shot, persiflage, put-on, putdown, raillery, rally, razz, rib, roast, sarcasm, sardonicism, satire, scorn, slam*, sneer*, swipe, taunt, taunting, travesty |
| Antonyms: | flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sarcasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mocking remark |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, aspersion, banter, bitterness, burlesque, causticness, censure, comeback, contempt, corrosiveness, criticism, cut*, cynicism, derision, dig*, disparagement, flouting, invective, irony, lampooning, mockery, mordancy, put-down, raillery, rancor, ridicule, satire, scoffing, scorn, sharpness, sneering, superciliousness, wisecrack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | satire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ridicule intended to expose truth |
| Synonyms: | banter, burlesque, caricature, causticity, chaffing, irony, lampoon, lampoonery, mockery, parody, pasquinade, persiflage, play-on, put-on, raillery, sarcasm, send-up, skit, spoof, squib, takeoff, travesty, wit, witticism |
| Main Entry: | understatement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restrained statement |
| Synonyms: | belittlement, distortion, irony, litotes, oversimplification, sarcasm, underestimation |
| Antonyms: | exaggeration, hyperbole, overstatement |
| Main Entry: | raillery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bantering |
| Synonyms: | asteism, badinage, banter, chaffing, derision, fun, irony, jesting, joking, kidding, lampoonery, mockery, parody, persiflage, play, pleasantry, razzing, ridicule, roasting, satire, sport, teasing |
| Main Entry: | sneering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | derision |
| Synonyms: | cynicism, irony, sarcasm |
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