irony meaning in Nepali
विडंबना
UK/ˈaɪə.ɹə.ni//ˈaɪ.ɹə.ni/
irony in Nepali: विडंबना, विडम्बना. 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.
Nepali words for irony
- विडंबना, विडम्बना
English meaning of irony
- 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.
- noun An ironic statement.
- 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.
- noun Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
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
- irony in Hindi
- irony in Tamil
- irony in Marathi
- irony in Urdu
- irony in Bengali
- irony in Telugu
- irony in Malayalam
- irony in Kannada
- irony in Punjabi
- irony in Gujarati
- irony in Odia
- irony in Sanskrit
- irony in Tagalog
- irony in Arabic
- irony in Indonesian
- irony in Persian
- irony in Thai
- irony in Vietnamese
Questions about irony in Nepali
- What is the meaning of irony in Nepali?
- Irony in Nepali is विडंबना, विडम्बना.
- irony को नेपाली अर्थ के हो?
- Irony: विडंबना, विडम्बना.
- 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
Nepali 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 Nepali words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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