antiphrasis
noun/ænˈtɪfrəsɪs/
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin antiphrasis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντίφρασις (antíphrasis) (< phrazein "declare").
- derived from ἀντίφρασις
- borrowed from antiphrasis
Definitions
Use of a word or phrase in a sense opposite of its literal meaning, especially for ironic…
Use of a word or phrase in a sense opposite of its literal meaning, especially for ironic or humorous effect.
- When they called him “bad as hell”, they weren’t calling him evil. It was antiphrasis.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for antiphrasis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA