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.
Something very humorous or laughable.
An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
An ulterior scheme or plan.
A sound that resembles a human wheezing.
To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
To convulse with laughter; to become breathless due to intense laughing.
To make a sound that resembles the sound of human wheezing.