ANTIPHRASIS

Meaning of ANTIPHRASIS in English

n. ironic use of a phrase or word to mean opposite of its literal sense

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ANTIPHRASIS — noun (plural antiphrases) see: phrase Date: 1533 the usually ironic or humorous use of words in senses opposite to the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ANTIPHRASIS — anˈtifrəsə̇s noun ( plural antiphra·ses -əˌsēz) Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek, from anti- anti- (I) + phrasis diction — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANTIPHRASIS — (n.) The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is …
Английский словарь Webster
ANTIPHRASIS — ( n. ) The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ANTIPHRASIS — — antiphrastic /an'ti fras"tik/ , antiphrastical , adj. — antiphrastically , adv. /an tif"reuh sis/ , n. Rhet. the use …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANTIPHRASIS — noun ( plural an·tiph·ra·ses -ˌsēz) Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek, from anti- + phrasis diction — more at phrase Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ANTIPHRASIS — noun the use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is …
Webster English vocab
ANTIPHRASIS — [an.tiph.ra.sis] n, pl -ra.ses [LL, fr. Gk, fr. anti- + phrasis diction--more at phrase] (1533): the usu. ironic or humorous …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ANTIPHRASIS — antiphrasis BrE AmE æn ˈtɪf rəs ɪs § \ -əs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ANTIPHRASIS — антифраз(ис)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ANTIPHRASIS — Антифраз
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ANTIPHRASIS — n ( pl -ses) лингв. антифраз(ис)
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ANTIPHRASIS — (n) антифраз; антифразис
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
ANTIPHRASIS — n ( pl -ses) лингв. антифраз(ис)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
ANTIPHRASIS — n ( pl -ses) лингв. антифраз(ис)
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ANTIPHRASIS — антифраз(ис)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ANTIPHRASIS — n. Pronunciation: an- ' ti-fr ə -s ə s Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -ra · ses \ - ˌ …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ANTIPHRASE — (-í-) n antiphrasis
Interlingua English vocab
ANTIPHRASTICALLY — adverb see antiphrasis
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANTIPHRASTIC — adjective see antiphrasis
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANTIPHRASTICAL — (a.) Pertaining to antiphrasis.
Английский словарь Webster
ANTIPHRASTICAL — ( a. ) Pertaining to antiphrasis.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ANTIPHRASTICAL — adj pertaining to antiphrasis.
Webster English vocab
SPEECH — Synonyms and related words : ESP, address, after-dinner speech, alliteration, allocution, allusion, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, analogy, anaphora, anastrophe, answer, answering, antiphrasis, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOLECISM — Synonyms and related words : Irish bull, anachronism, anacoluthon, antiphrasis, argument, argument by analogy, argumentum ad baculum, argumentum ad captandum, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIMILE — Synonyms and related words : accordance, affinity, agreement, alikeness, allegory, alliance, alliteration, allusion, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, analogy, anaphora, anastrophe, antiphrasis, antithesis, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MISUSAGE — Synonyms and related words : Irish bull, abuse, abuse of office, anacoluthon, antiphrasis, barbarism, befoulment, bull, catachresis, conversion, corrupt administration, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MISCONSTRUCTION — Synonyms and related words : aberrancy, aberration, abuse of terms, antiphrasis, barbarism, catachresis, coloring, confabulation, contorting, corruption, defectiveness, delusion, deviancy, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
METAPHOR — Synonyms and related words : accordance, agent, agreement, alikeness, allegory, alliance, alliteration, allusion, alternate, alternative, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, analogue, analogy, anaphora, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MALAPROPISM — Synonyms and related words : Irish bull, abuse of terms, acrostic, alliteration, allusion, amphibologism, amphiboly, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, anagram, analogy, anaphora, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
INFELICITY — Synonyms and related words : Gothicism, abnormality, aching heart, agony, agony of mind, anguish, anomaly, antiphrasis, bad taste, bale, barbarism, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIGURE OF SPEECH — Synonyms and related words : adornment, alliteration, allusion, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, analogy, anaphora, anastrophe, antiphrasis, antithesis, antonomasia, apophasis, aporia, aposiopesis, apostrophe, …
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