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Irony

Irony is a 5 letter word, used as a noun, an SAT word with Middle French origins, and has the letters inory (inory). Starts with i, ends with y, three consonants, two vowels and three syllables.

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5 Letters
3 Consonants
2 Vowels
3 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use irony as a noun in a sentence.
About Irony
A 3 syllables noun and 5 letters with the letters i, n, o, r, and y, 3 consonants, 2 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter o. Irony starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters i, ir, iro, iron, and the ending characters are y, ny, ony, rony, ..
Definition
Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland''s copying the nation she most hated"
Origin/Roots
Middle French
School Grade
Irony is set as a sat word that starts with i, ends with y, 3 syllables, 2 vowels and 5 letters.
Scrabble
Is irony a scrabble word? A 8 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Irony in Pig Latin is said as "ironyay or ironyway".
Unigram
i | r | o | n | y
Bigram
ir | ro | on | ny
Trigram
iro | ron | ony
Quadrigram
iron | rony
Word Gram
Noun Examples
incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs;
"the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"
witty language used to convey insults or scorn;
"he used sarcasm to upset his opponent";
"irony is wasted on the stupid";
"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Johathan Swift
a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Irony"

There are 120 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to irony.

SynonymDefinition
Agile Wit
Ambiguityunclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
Ambiguousness
Ambivalencemixed feelings or emotions
Ambivalencymixed feelings or emotions
Amphibologyan ambiguous grammatical construction
e.g., `they are flying planes'' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes
Amphibolyan ambiguous grammatical construction
e.g., `they are flying planes'' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes
Antinomya contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable
Atticism
Biformity

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from irony.
Anagram Definition
Ironyincongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
"the irony of Ireland''s copying the nation she most hated"

View English words with the unique letters used in irony. Words With The Letters Inory

Hypernyms

Irony has 2 hypernyms.
Word Definition
Incongruitythe quality of disagreeing
being unsuitable and inappropriate
Incongruousnessthe quality of disagreeing
being unsuitable and inappropriate

Hyponyms

There are 1 hyponyms for irony
Word Definition
Socratic Irony

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The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word irony.

Is irony a scrabble word or can you use irony in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 14523 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 23949 games. This 5 letter 8 point scrabble word can be rearranged 120 ways. What other words can be made with the letters i, n, o, r, and y? There's 5 with 7 letters or less with the letters i, n, o, r, and y. Here is a list of 5 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Irony (5 letters) 8 8 irony
Briony (6 letters) 11 +3 12 +4 briony
Ribbony (7 letters) 14 +6 16 +8 ribbony
Cryonic (7 letters) 14 +6 16 +8 cryonic
Cornify (7 letters) 15 +7 16 +8 cornify

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