The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
The irony of the situation was that the fire station burned down.
A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.
It was an irony that the painter's house was the only one in the neighborhood that was not painted.
A literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
Dramatic irony occurs in the play when the audience knows that Juliet is alive, but Romeo believes she is dead.
