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dramatic irony

dramatic irony noun: a theatrical effect in which the true meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.

Noun

dramatic irony (countable and uncountable, plural dramatic ironies)

  1. A theatrical effect in which the true meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.

dramatic irony meaning in Tamil and Kannada

dramatic irony in Tamil

திடீர்த்திருப்ப முரண்சுவை

dramatic irony in Kannada

ನಾಟಕೀಯ ವ್ಯಂಗ್ಯ

Forms of dramatic irony

pluraldramatic ironies

Questions about dramatic irony

What does dramatic irony mean?
Dramatic irony means a theatrical effect in which the true meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
What is dramatic irony in Tamil?
Dramatic irony in Tamil is திடீர்த்திருப்ப முரண்சுவை. See Dramatic irony meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dramatic irony?
Dramatic irony is a noun.
What is the plural of dramatic irony?
The plural of dramatic irony is dramatic ironies.

Words near dramatic irony in the dictionary

  1. dramata
  2. dramatic
  3. dramatic beat
  4. dramatic beats
  5. dramatic ironies
  6. dramatic irony
  7. dramatic license
  8. Dramatic Prakrit
  9. dramatic present
  10. dramatic soprano
  11. dramatic structure

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dramatic irony (page history and authors); dramatic irony (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dramatic irony (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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