bitter irony

collocation in English

meaningsofbitterandirony

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bitter
adjective
uk
/ˈbɪt.ər/us
/ˈbɪt̬.ɚ/
Someone who is bitter is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened in ...
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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 ofbitterandironyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbitter irony

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It was abitterironythat a movement so concerned with the politics of production should have had so little leverage at the workplace for much of the period.
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It is said withbitterironythat the only growth area in the constituency is the unemployment office.
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Thebitterironyis that the tragedy is unfurling in a country which has almost unlimited potential.
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The phrase "overheating" comes as abitterironyto regions whose economy is still in deep freeze.
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Couldbitterironyever go farther?
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I am troubled by thatbitterirony.
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It is abitterironythat, by 1997, the defence medical services themselves were haemorrhaging.
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We would all agree that it is a fairlybitterironythat we are debating that issue here in this of all weeks.
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With abitterirony, he told us that his intention is to make the system more democratic.
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I am afraid they will do so with a sense ofbitterirony.
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Now, of course, we have the currentbitterirony.
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It is abitterironythat men in the lowest income groups experience more than twice the rate of divorce of men in the upper income brackets.
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You have corrupted your wisdom through yourbitterirony, poisonous sarcasm now fills your heart.
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The novel is dominated bybitterironyand anger, as well as destructive morality and treacherous sentiment.
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The style is marked bybitterirony.
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The book ends inbitterirony.
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At the end of the song, the enlistee, now a veteran, recalls withbitterironythe army recruiter's promise that signing up would mean he could see the world.
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Halifax feelsbitterironyat seeing the only original labeled as a fake.
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