English-Hungarian translations for irony

• irónia
  Ezt minden irónia nélkül mondom. I say this entirely without irony.
  A Parlament írországi képviselőjeként szeretném emlékeztetni a tisztelt Házat, hogy a politikai irónia egy Írországban sokra tartott jellegzetesség. As a Member from Ireland, I would like to remind the House that political irony is a trait much appreciated in Ireland.
  Azt kell mondanom - irónia nélkül és nagyon elégedetten -, hogy ma este senki nem kérdőjelezte meg, hogy az elsőnek kell lennünk e téren. I must say - without irony and with a high level of satisfaction - that no one here tonight has questioned the fact that we need to be number one.
• vasas

Definition of irony

• 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.
• 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
• The state of two usually unrelated entities, parties, actions, etc. being related through a common connection in an uncommon way
• Of or pertaining to the metal iron

Examples

• The food had an irony taste to it.

Related words

• post-irony
• postirony
• self-irony
• irony mark
• irony of fate
• Socratic irony