Scrabble?! IRONY

Definitions of IRONY in various dictionaries:

noun - witty language used to convey insults or scorn

noun - incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs

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

The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.

A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect.

Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: “Hyde noted the irony of Ireland’s copying the nation she most hated” (Richard Kain).

An occurrence, a result, or a circumstance notable for such incongruity.

Dramatic irony.

Socratic irony.

noun - the use of words to express the opposite of what is literally said