The quality of eliciting a bitter, humiliating or harsh feeling.
The quality of having a bitter taste.
Harsh cold.
The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.
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.
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.
An ironic statement.
Of or pertaining to the metal iron.
The food had an irony taste to it.