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irony meaning in Marathi

विडंबना

UK/ˈaɪə.ɹə.ni//ˈaɪ.ɹə.ni/

irony in Marathi: विडंबना. In English, irony means the quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.

Marathi words for irony

विडंबना

English meaning of irony

  1. noun The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
  2. noun An ironic statement.
  3. noun Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
  4. noun Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.

Full definition of irony

irony in a sentence

  • The food had an irony taste to it.
  • The scrap yard had bins marked for irony aluminum, such as aluminum engine blocks not wholly cleaned of bolts, studs, brackets, and so on.

Synonyms of irony

irony in other languages

Questions about irony in Marathi

What is the meaning of irony in Marathi?
Irony in Marathi is विडंबना.
irony चा मराठी अर्थ काय आहे?
Irony: विडंबना.
What does irony mean in English?
Irony means the quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.

Source and license

Marathi words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “irony”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: irony (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Marathi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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