Irony
Irony noun - Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs.
Understatement and irony are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Understatement" instead a noun "Irony".
Understatement
Understatement noun - A statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said.
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Synonyms for Understatement
Irony and understatement are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Irony" instead a noun "Understatement".
Nearby Words: understated, understate, understating
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- ornament and irony
- ornament and understatement
- comparison and irony
- comparison and understatement
- image and irony
- image and understatement
- allegory and irony
- allegory and understatement
- sarcasm and irony
- sarcasm and understatement
- metaphor and irony
- metaphor and understatement
- paradox and irony
- paradox and understatement
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- To say Norm revelled in the irony would be an understatement, as he used his opening monologue to point out he hadn't become any funnier in the interim and had no intention of curbing down the Black Comedy that got him fired to begin with.
Source: Refuge In Audacity / Real Life
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