Irony

ī′run-i, n. a mode of speech which enables the speaker to convey his meaning with greater force by means of a contrast between the thought which he evidently designs to expre and that which his words properly signify: satire.— adj. Iron′ical , meaning the opposite of what is expre ed: satirical.— adv. Iron′ically .— The irony of fate , the perverse malignity of fate. [Fr.,—L. ironia , Gr. eirōneia , di imulation— eirōn , a di embler— eirein , to talk.]