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 everybodys face but their own--Jonathan Swift

[ Syn: sarcasm , satire , caustic remark ]

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

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