TRAGIC IRONY

Meaning of TRAGIC IRONY in English

dramatic irony in tragic drama.

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Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

TRAGIC IRONY — noun Date: 1833 irony 3b
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TRAGIC IRONY — Date: 1833 : irony 3b
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TRAGIC IRONY — Function: noun Date: 1833 : IRONY 3B
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TRAGIC IRONY — [tragic irony] n (1833): irony 3b
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TRAGIC IRONY — noun [ U ] ( technical ) a technique in literature in which a character's actions or thoughts are known …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRAGIC — adj tragic, tragical (1. of a tragedy; 2. calamitous)
Interlingua English vocab
TRAGIC — tragic
English interlingue dictionary
IRONY — ironie
English interlingue dictionary
TRAGIC — sa trahedya
English-Visayan vocabulary
IRONY — pamali
English-Visayan vocabulary
TRAGIC — also ~al adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~us, from Greek tragikos, irregular from tragōidia tragedy Date: 15th century of, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
IRONY — Language device in which the real intent is concealed or contradicted by the literal meaning of words or a situation. …
Английский словарь Британика
TRAGIC — I. ˈtrajik, -jēk adjective Etymology: Latin tragicus, from Greek tragikos of a he-goat, of tragedy, from tragos he-goat + -ikos …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IRONY — I. irony ˈī(ə)rnē, ˈīənē, -ni adjective Etymology: Middle English yrony, from yron, iren iron + -y — more at iron …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRAGIC — (n.) A tragedy; a tragic drama.
Английский словарь Webster
TRAGIC — (n.) A writer of tragedy.
Английский словарь Webster
TRAGIC — (a.) Alt. of Tragical
Английский словарь Webster
IRONY — (a.) Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.
Английский словарь Webster
TRAGIC — ( n. ) A writer of tragedy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TRAGIC — ( n. ) A tragedy; a tragic drama.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TRAGIC — ( a. ) Alt. of Tragical
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
IRONY — ( a. ) Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TRAGIC — — tragically , adv. — tragicalness , n. /traj"ik/ , adj. 1. characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IRONY — irony 1 /uy"reuh nee, uy"euhr-/ , n. , pl. ironies . 1. the use of words to convey a meaning …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TRAGIC — adjective also trag·i·cal -ji-kəl Etymology: Middle English, from Latin tragicus, from Greek tragikos, irregular from tragōidia tragedy Date: 15th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
IRONY — ˈī(-ə)r-nē noun ( plural -nies ) Etymology: Latin ironia, from Greek eirōnia, from eirōn dissembler Date: 1502 1. : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TRAGIC — noun a writer of tragedy. 2. tragic ·noun a tragedy; a tragic drama. 3. tragic ·adj ·alt. of tragical.
Webster English vocab
IRONY — adj resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property. 2. irony ·adj made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; …
Webster English vocab
IRONY — [iro.ny] n, pl -nies [L ironia, fr. Gk eironia, fr. eiron dissembler] (1502) 1: a pretense of ignorance and of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
IRONY — language device, either in spoken or written form (verbal irony), in which the real meaning is concealed or contradicted by …
Britannica English vocabulary
TRAGIC — tragic BrE AmE ˈtrædʒ ɪk ▷ tragic|ally ə l‿i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
IRONY — I iron|y noun BrE AmE ˈaɪ ə r ə n |i ▷ iron|ies iz II irony adjective 'like iron' BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TRAGIC — / ˈtrædʒɪk; NAmE / adjective 1. making you feel very sad, usually because sb has died or suffered a lot …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IRONY — / ˈaɪrəni; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ U , C ] the amusing or strange aspect …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRAGIC — tra ‧ gic /ˈtrædʒɪk/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: tragicus , from Greek tragikos …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
IRONY — i ‧ ron ‧ y /ˈaɪərəni $ ˈaɪrə-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural ironies ) [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TRAGIC — adj. 1 (also tragical) sad; calamitous; greatly distressing (a tragic tale). 2 of, or in the style of, tragedy (tragic …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TRAGIC — adj. 1 (also tragical) sad; calamitous; greatly distressing (a tragic tale). 2 of, or in the style of, tragedy (tragic …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TRAGIC — adj.1 (also tragical) sad; calamitous; greatly distressing (a tragic tale). 2 of, or in the style of, tragedy (tragic drama; …
Oxford English vocab
TRAGIC — 1. A tragic event or situation is extremely sad, usually because it involves death or suffering. It was just a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IRONY — ( ironies) 1. Irony is a subtle form of humour which involves saying things that you do not mean. Sinclair …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRAGIC — 1. A ~ event or situation is extremely sad, usually because it involves death or suffering. It was just a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
IRONY — (ironies) 1. Irony is a subtle form of humour which involves saying things that you do not mean. Sinclair examined …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TRAGIC
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IRONY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES detect a note of sarcasm/irony/excitement etc ▪ Do I detect a note of sarcasm in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TRAGIC — [adjective]His friends were deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic (= very sad because involving death or suffering) news of …
Cambridge English vocab
IRONY — (WRONG RESULT) [noun] [U] - a situation in which something which was intended to have a particular result has the …
Cambridge English vocab
IRONY — n. Language device in which the real intent is concealed or contradicted by the literal meaning of words or a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
IRONY — When something is made of iron or has iron characteristics. Example: Man, this place sure has a lot of irony.
Slang English vocab
TRAGIC — adj. VERBS ▪ be , seem ADVERB ▪ particularly , really , terribly , truly , very ▪ a genuinely …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
IRONY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great , heavy ▪ She tried to ignore the heavy ~ in his voice. ▪ gentle ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TRAGIC — adj. 25B6; adjective a tragic accident : DISASTROUS, calamitous, catastrophic, cataclysmic, devastating, terrible, dreadful, awful, appalling, horrendous; fatal, deadly, mortal, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
IRONY — n. 25B6; noun that note of irony in her voice : SARCASM, sardonicism, dryness, causticity, sharpness, acerbity, bitterness, trenchancy, mordancy, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TRAGIC — adj. sad, depressing, lamentable, unhappy, funereal, forlorn, melancholy, cheerless, mournful, lachrymose, dolorous, grievous, morose, lugubrious, dismal, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, pathetic(al), …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
IRONY — сущ. ирония dramatic, tragic irony ≈ скрытая ирония a touch of irony ≈ ироничный оттенок the irony of it is …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TRAGIC — tragic.ogg ʹtrædʒık a 1. трагический, трагедийный the tragic art - искусство трагедии tragic actor - трагический актёр tragic irony - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IRONY — irony.ogg _I ʹaı(ə)rənı n ирония; насмешка the irony of fate - ирония судьбы life's ironies - капризы /превратности/ судьбы dramatic …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TRAGIC — a 1. трагический, трагедийный the tragic art - искусство трагедии tragic actor - трагический актёр tragic irony - трагическая ирония …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
IRONY — _I ʹaı(ə)rənı n ирония; насмешка the irony of fate - ирония судьбы life's ironies - капризы /превратности/ судьбы dramatic /tragic/ …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TRAGIC — прил. ; тж. tragical 1) трагический; драматический, трагедийный Syn: terrible 2) разг. ужасный; катастрофический; печальный, прискорбный, тяжкий tragic fate — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
IRONY — сущ. ирония dramatic, tragic irony — скрытая ирония a touch of irony — ироничный оттенок the irony of it is …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TRAGIC — прил.; тж. tragical 1) трагический; драматический, трагедийный Syn: terrible 2) разг. ужасный; катастрофический; печальный, прискорбный, тяжкий tragic fate — трагическая судьба tragic story — ужасная история tragic …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
IRONY — сущ. ирония dramatic, tragic irony — скрытая ирония a touch of irony — ироничный оттенок the irony of it is that... — парадокс в …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
IRONY — _n. ирония; the irony of it is that... - парадокс в том, что...; по злой иронии судьбы... - irony of …
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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