A humorous event.
A narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy).
Entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance.
A light, amusing play with a happy ending.
The art of composing comedy.
A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece.
The genre of such works.
A dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone.
An ironic statement.
Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected.
Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
Of or pertaining to the metal iron.
The food had an irony taste to it.