1. (

• sarcasm ,
• irony ,
• satire ,
• caustic_remark

) witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own";

2. (

• irony

) incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated" ;

3. (

• irony

) a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs ;