Printable Synonym challenge: Opposition flash cards
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| irony |
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning. |
| paradox |
a self-contradictory and false proposition. |
| satire |
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. |
| antonym |
a word opposite in meaning to another. |
| oxymoron |
a figure of speech by which a statement produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect. |
| sarcasm |
a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark. |
| ironic |
a situation or condition that exemplifies an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected. |
| antithesis |
the direct opposite. |
| anathema |
a person or thing detested or loathed. |
| Catch-22 |
a frustrating situation in which one is trapped by contradictory regulations or conditions. |
| circumbendibus |
a roundabout way; circumlocution. |
| vicissitude |
a change or variation occurring in the course of something. |
| heteroclite |
a person or thing that deviates from the ordinary rule or form. |
| irony |
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning. |
| paradox |
a self-contradictory and false proposition. |
| satire |
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. |
| antonym |
a word opposite in meaning to another. |
| oxymoron |
a figure of speech by which a statement produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect. |
| sarcasm |
a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark. |
| ironic |
a situation or condition that exemplifies an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected. |
| antithesis |
the direct opposite. |
| anathema |
a person or thing detested or loathed. |
| Catch-22 |
a frustrating situation in which one is trapped by contradictory regulations or conditions. |
| circumbendibus |
a roundabout way; circumlocution. |
| vicissitude |
a change or variation occurring in the course of something. |
| heteroclite |
a person or thing that deviates from the ordinary rule or form. |
