tragic irony
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftragicandirony
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tragic
adjective
uk/ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/us/ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/
very sad, often involving death ...
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irony
noun[U]
uk/ˈaɪ.rə.ni/us/ˈaɪ.rə.ni/
a situation in which something which was intended to have a particular result has the opposite or a very ...
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(Definition oftragicandironyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The curse, in a standardtragicirony, finally redounds upon her; the natural order of gender has its revenge.
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This is thetragicironyof the whole situation.
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That would be the mosttragicironyof all.
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When we come to scrutinise suchtragicirony, it is an entirely different matter.
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There is atragicironyhere.
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It is atragicironythat we are debating this matter this afternoon.
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It is atragicironythat many of the residents made homeless by fire were then offered satisfactory council flat tenancies.
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It would therefore be atragicironyif it were subsequently discovered that they were penalised for discharging their obligations under orders.
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It would be atragicironyif it gave with one hand and took away with the other.
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It would betragicironyif we impoverished ourselves only to see our markets taken by countries not at the same stage of sophisticated concern.
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His sad death, in almost unique circumstances, was atragicironyfor someone who served his party and his constituents so loyally for so long.
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Thetragicironyof the position is that only a war causes some people to concern themselves about the condition of the generality of the people.
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It is atragicironythat the passing of the recent international crisis meant for many men who had been called back to work a return to unemployment.
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It is atragicironythat we will not be fully involved or at the heart of the positive progress that might benefit all our people.
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Is it not, then, a supremelytragicironythat many of our most promising students are being denied access to those institutions for lack of a mandatory grant?
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The second of these stories has a sense oftragicirony.
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Intragicirony, the words and actions of the characters contradict the real situation, which the spectators fully realize.
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